scrape
scrape
/skreɪp/
remove
1 transitive to remove something from a surface by moving something sharp and hard like a knife across it scrape something (+ adv./prep.) She scraped the mud off her boots.
We scraped away the top layer of wallpaper.
scrape something + adj. The kids had scraped their plates clean.
I scraped the carrots with a knife.
The wood had been scraped clean.
Collocations
adverb
preposition
phrases
scrape something clean
damage
2 transitive to rub something by accident so that it gets damaged or hurt scrape something She fell and scraped her knee.
scrape something + adv./prep. I scraped the side of my car on the wall.
Sorry, I've scraped some paint off the car.
The wire had scraped the skin from her fingers.
I scraped my elbow on the wall as I cycled past.
make sound
(+ adv./prep.) I could hear his pen scraping across the paper.
Bushes scraped against the car windows.
We could hear her scraping away at the violin.
scrape something (+ adv./prep.) Don't scrape your chairs on the floor.
Patrick lifted the gate to prevent it from scraping along the ground.
win with difficulty
The team scraped a narrow victory last year.
(British English) I just scraped a pass in the exam.
They scraped a living by playing music on the streets.
The government scraped home (= just won) by three votes.
make hole in ground
5 transitive scrape something (out) to make a hole or hollow place in the ground He found a suitable place, scraped a hole and buried the bag in it.
pull hair back
6 transitive scrape your hair back to pull your hair tightly back, away from your face Her hair was scraped back from her face in a ponytail.
find on the internet
7 transitive scrape something (from something) (computing) to obtain specific data from online sources using a computer program I wrote a Python script to scrape customer reviews from the web pages.
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
e.g.
I just can't believe a hero like you is tryin' to scrape by panning for gold in a place like this. こんなところで貧乏暮らしの砂金堀りやってるあんたが英雄だなんてなぁ (/yupeco/『ゴールデンカムイ』1話) scrape
/skreɪp/
action/sound
1 singular the action or unpleasant sound of one thing rubbing roughly against another the scrape of iron on stone
She felt the scrape of wall against bare skin.
the scrape of chairs being moved
damage
2 countable an injury or a mark caused by rubbing against something rough She emerged from the overturned car with only a few scrapes and bruises.
difficult situation
3 countable (old-fashioned) a difficult situation that you have caused yourself He was always getting into scrapes as a boy.
a scrape with the law (= trouble with the police)
Word Origin
Old English scrapian ‘scratch with the fingernails’, of Germanic origin, reinforced in Middle English by Old Norse skrapa or Middle Dutch schrapen ‘to scratch’.