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SCRAPER
- one that scrapes (to rub and make a grating sound) [n -S]
- one that scrapes (to rub so as to remove an outer layer) [n SCRAPERS]
- make one's way with difficulty barely manage or succeed just scraped through at school working two jobs and barely scraping by
- 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
- grate harshly over or against
- 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