SCRAPE
- to rub so as to remove an outer layer [v SCRAPED, SCRAPES, SCRAPING]
- grate harshly over or against
- to rub and make a grating sound [v SCRAPED, SCRAPING, SCRAPES]
- to draw something rough or sharp over (a surface) so as to smooth it
- to remove by scraping
- to injure by rubbing against something rough or sharp
- to collect with difficulty
- to rub against something gratingly
- to make a grating sound
- to get by with difficulty; economize
- act or sound of scraping
- scraped place
- distressing situation
- to remove from a surface by usually repeated strokes of an edged instrument
- make (a surface) smooth or clean with strokes of an edged instrument or an abrasive
- damage or injure the surface of by contact with a rough surface
- draw roughly or noisily over a surface
- collect by or as if by scraping often used with up or together scrape up the price of a ticket
- move in sliding contact with a rough surface
- accumulate money by small economies
- draw back the foot along the ground in making a bow
- make one's way with difficulty barely manage or succeed just scraped through at school working two jobs and barely scraping by
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