Scrape



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• v. 刮擦, 擦掉
• ［英］ v. 刮擦, 擦掉 ( to remove from a surface by repeated strokes of an edged instrument)
• ［例］ scrape the mud from one's boots

Webster Collegiate

I. verb (scraped; scraping)

• Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse skrapa; akin to Old English scrapian to scrape, Latin scrobis ditch, Russian skresti to scrape
• Date: 14th century
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to remove from a surface by usually repeated strokes of an edged instrument
    • b. to make (a surface) smooth or clean with strokes of an edged instrument or an abrasive
  • 2.
    • a. to grate harshly over or against
    • b. to damage or injure the surface of by contact with a rough surface
    • c. to draw roughly or noisily over a surface
  • 3. to collect by or as if by scraping — often used with up or together<scrape up the price of a ticket>
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to move in sliding contact with a rough surface
  • 2. to accumulate money by small economies
  • 3. to draw back the foot along the ground in making a bow
  • 4. to make one's way with difficulty ; barely manage or succeed <just scraped through at school><working two jobs and barely scraping by>
• ? scraper noun

II. noun

• Date: 15th century
• 1.
  • a. the act or process of scraping
  • b. a sound made by scraping
  • c. a mark or injury caused by scraping ; abrasion <bumps and scrapes>
• 2.
  • a. the nest of a bird consisting of a usually shallow depression in the ground
  • b. a cleared area on the forest floor made by a male deer during breeding season to attract a doe
• 3. a bow made with a drawing back of the foot along the ground
• 4.
  • a. a distressing encounter <a scrape with death>
  • b. altercation, fight

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