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scrape
[ skreyp ]
verb (used with object)
- to deprive of or free from an outer layer, adhering matter, etc., or to smooth by drawing or rubbing something, especially a sharp or rough instrument, over the surface:
to scrape a table to remove paint and varnish.
- to remove (an outer layer, adhering matter, etc.) in this way:
to scrape the paint and varnish from a table.
- to scratch, injure, or mar the surface of in this way:
to scrape one's arm on a rough wall.
- to produce by scraping:
He scraped his initials on the rock.
- to collect or do by or as if by scraping; do or gather laboriously or with difficulty (usually followed by up or together ):
They managed to scrape together a football team.
- to rub harshly on or across (something):
Don't scrape the floor with your boots!
- to draw or rub (a thing) roughly across something:
Scrape your shoes on the doormat before you come in.
- to level (an unpaved road) with a grader.
- Digital Technology. to extract (data) from a digital source for automated replication, formatting, or manipulation by a computer program, as in data mining or website data analysis:
This project scrapes comments on online forums for linguistic research.
We can scrape older data from obsolete systems with a very simple interface.
verb (used without object)
- to scrape something.
- to rub against something gratingly.
- to produce a grating and unmusical tone from a string instrument.
- to draw one's foot back noisily along the ground in making a bow.
- to manage or get by with difficulty or with only the barest margin:
I barely scraped through on the test.
- to economize or save by attention to even the slightest amounts:
By careful scraping they managed to survive.
noun
- an act or instance of scraping.
- a drawing back of the foot noisily along the ground in making a bow.
- a harsh, shrill, or scratching sound made by scraping.
- a scraped place:
a scrape on one's elbow.
- an embarrassing or distressing situation; predicament:
He is always in some kind of a scrape.
- a difference of opinion, fight, or quarrel; scrap.
- Digital Technology.
- the process of extracting data from a digital source for automated replication, formatting, or manipulation by a computer program, as in data mining or website data analysis:
How long will the scrape take to complete?
- the product of this process:
The scrape maliciously copied private content to manipulate search engine rankings.
scrape
/ skreɪp /
verb
- to move (a rough or sharp object) across (a surface), esp to smooth or clean
- tr; often foll by away or off to remove (a layer) by rubbing
- to produce a harsh or grating sound by rubbing against (an instrument, surface, etc)
- tr to injure or damage by rough contact
to scrape one's knee
- intr to be very economical or sparing in the use (of) (esp in the phrase scrimp and scrape )
- intr to draw the foot backwards in making a bow
- tr to finish (a surface) by use of a scraper
- tr to make (a bearing, etc) fit by scraping
- bow and scrapeto behave with excessive humility
noun
- the act of scraping
- a scraped place
- a harsh or grating sound
- informal.an awkward or embarrassing predicament
- informal.a conflict or struggle
Derived Forms
- ˈscrapable, adjective
- ˈscraper, noun
Other Words From
- scrapa·ble adjective
- scrapeage noun
- un·scraped adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of scrape1
Word History and Origins
Origin of scrape1
Idioms and Phrases
see (scrape the) bottom of the barrel ; bow and scrape ; scare (scrape) up .Advertisement
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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