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Meanings of scraping in English

Catalan
scratch
Spanish
chirriante

A harsh noise made by scraping.

scratch
Usage of scraping in English
1
He is in second year at the moment and is scraping by.
The Irish Times
2
The children were busy scraping potatoes; she waited impatiently at the door.
Selected Polish Tales
3
He heard the scraping of the quill on paper and he spun.
Blood and Bone
4
A slight scraping noise arose from the open window to his right.
Legends of the dragonrealm, vol ii
5
Pirenne's stylus made the faintest scraping sound as it raced across paper.
Foundation
6
He heard the scraping of the padded feet upon the rocky floor.
Thuvia, Maid of Mars
7
The Germans were indeed scraping the bottom of the barrel for soldiers.
The Wolf’s Hour
8
She heard a very familiar scraping noise followed by a sonorous clang.
Career of Evil
9
There was no answer, only a strange scraping noise, and then nothing.
Death Mask
10
A fiddler in the gutter was scraping away on an old violin.
Beyond
11
Then I heard the scraping of a creaky portal on the floor.
The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories
12
Continue the operation, occasionally scraping off the knife or the paddle used.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery. Volume 5: Fruit and Fruit ...
13
I had started the term penniless, and been scraping by ever since.
The Name of the Wind
14
Later on, after the evening meal, Eddie would begin scraping it clean.
The waste lands
15
He stepped forward, deliberately scraping his boots against the smooth, dusty floor.
The spirit thief
16
Chap heard a scraping sound, and the shed door began to open.
Sister of the dead
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Translations for scraping
Catalan
scratch
Scraping through the time
Scraping across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common