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Meanings of scrape in English

Catalan
scratch
Spanish
chirriante
Wikidata

A harsh noise made by scraping.

        scratch
        Portuguese
        abrasão
        Catalan
        rascada
        Spanish
        roce

        An abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off.

              abrasão
              Catalan
              arrapada
              Spanish
              rascada

              An indication of damage.

                    arrapada
                    Catalan
                    agenollar-se

                    Bend the knees and bow in a servile manner.

                          agenollar-se
                          Usage of scrape in English
                          1
                          Friendliness in the country is not scrape, like it is in London.
                          The Wouldbegoods: Being the Further Adventures of the Treasure S...
                          2
                          Remove the skins from the bananas, scrape the surface as in Fig.
                          Woman's Institute Library of Cookery. Volume 5: Fruit and Fruit ...
                          3
                          Four seconds later he heard the scrape of a latch drawing back.
                          The Wolf’s Hour
                          4
                          That he will scrape and beg for any hope of Chaya's return.
                          The windup girl
                          5
                          It took the family another two months to scrape together the cash.
                          Reuters
                          6
                          Dear Chuck: Am in a devil of a scrape at the police-court.
                          The Man on the Box
                          7
                          That she no longer needed to bow and scrape to Nelly Lorentz.
                          The ice princess
                          8
                          In the meanwhile, Antigone is helping our housekeeper to scrape the carrots.
                          The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard
                          9
                          It took me ages to scrape together the money for this project.
                          White fire
                          10
                          You must now get out of the scrape in your own way.
                          Deerbrook
                          11
                          Four-times Cup winners Bolton required three matches to scrape past Halifax Town.
                          The Guardian
                          12
                          Flour a work surface lightly and scrape the dough out onto it.
                          Reuters
                          13
                          Wash and scrape two bunches of carrots and cut in small cubes.
                          The International Jewish Cook Book / 1600 Recipes According to t...
                          14
                          Cut off the woody part, scrape the lower part of the stalks.
                          The International Jewish Cook Book / 1600 Recipes According to t...
                          15
                          I guessed Bill had probably used a putty-knife to scrape it off.
                          Bag of Bones
                          16
                          Once or twice Reno thought he heard branches scrape along the hull.
                          Go home, stranger
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                          Translations for scrape
                          Scrape through the time
                          Scrape across language varieties
                          United Kingdom
                          Common
                          United States of America
                          Common
                          Ireland
                          Common