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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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Scrape through the time
Scrape across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Common