SCRAPE | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

Old English scrapian ‘scratch with the fingernails’, of Germanic origin, reinforced in Middle English by Old Norse skrapa or Middle Dutch schrapen ‘to scratch’

drag or pull a hard or sharp implement across (a surface or object) so as to remove dirt or other matter

drag or pull hard or sharp implement across surface

• remove the green tops from the carrots and scrape them
• we scraped the dishes clean

rub or cause to rub by accident against a rough or hard surface, causing damage or injury

rub or cause to rub by accident against rough or hard surface

• he smashed into the wall and felt his teeth scrape against the plaster
• she reversed in a reckless sweep, scraping the Range Rover

narrowly pass by or through something

narrowly pass by or through something

• there was only just room to scrape through between the tree and the edge of the stream

copy (data) from a website using a computer program

copy data from website using computer program

• all search engines scrape content from sites without permission and display it on their own sites

an act or sound of scraping

act or sound of scraping

• he heard the scrape of his mother's key in the lock

a procedure of dilatation of the cervix and curettage of the uterus.

procedure of dilatation of cervix and curettage of uterus

an embarrassing or difficult predicament caused by one's own unwise behaviour

embarrassing or difficult predicament caused by one's own unwise behaviour

• he'd been in worse scrapes than this before now