scrape
A broad, shallow injury left by scrapingA broad, shallow injury left by scraping (rather than a cut or a scratch).
» The boy fell and scraped his knee.
Der Junge fiel hin und schürfte sich das Knie auf.
Мальчик упал и поцарапал колено.
Meaning
13 senses(countable, uncountable)A broad, shallow injury left by scraping (rather than a cut or a scratch).
He fell on the sidewalk and got a scrape on his knee.
Schramme, Schürfwunde, Kratzer
цара́пинаcarápina
(countable, uncountable)The sound or action of something being scraped.
(countable, uncountable)Something removed by being scraped; a thin layer of something such as butter on bread.
(countable, slang, uncountable)A fight, especially a fistfight without weapons.
He got in a scrape with the school bully.
Kampf, Boxkampf, Faustkampf
сты́чкаstýčka, дра́каdráka, потасо́вкаpotasóvka
(countable, uncountable)An awkward set of circumstances.
I'm in a bit of a scrape — I've no money to buy my wife a birthday present.
Zwickmühle, Klemme
неприя́тностьneprijátnostʹ, затрудне́ниеzatrudnénije
(UK, countable, slang, uncountable)A D and C or abortion; or, a miscarriage.
(countable, uncountable)A shallow depression used by ground birds as a nest; a nest scrape.
(countable, uncountable)A shallow pit dug as a hideout.
(UK, countable, slang, uncountable)A shave.
(countable, uncountable)A diminutive of the bend (especially of the bend sinister) which is half its width.
Alternative form: scarpe
(countable, uncountable)An intermittent shallow pond in a wetland or floodplain, often artificially created to attract birds.
(UK, obsolete, slang, uncountable)Cheap butter.
- a deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility)
- a harsh noise made by scraping
- an indication of damage
- an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
Examples
83 sentencesThe boy fell and scraped his knee.
ruМальчик упал и поцарапал колено.
deDer Junge fiel hin und schürfte sich das Knie auf.
Don't scrape your chair on the floor.
ruНе царапай стулом пол.
He scraped the mud off his boots.
deEr kratzte den Dreck von seinen Stiefeln.
Tom scraped the mud off his boots.
deTom kratzte den Dreck von seinen Stiefeln.
Tom scraped the scales off the fish.
ruТом очистил рыбу от чешуи.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 3
By meaning 3
Origin
From Middle English scrapen, from Old Norse skrapa (“to scrape, scratch”) and Old EnglishFrom Middle English scrapen, from Old Norse skrapa (“to scrape, scratch”) and Old English scrapian (“to scrape, scratch”), both from Proto-Germanic *skrapōną, *skrepaną (“to scrape, scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *skrebʰ- (“to engrave”).
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Forms
plural: scrapesSynonyms
19 synonyms- a deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility):scraping
- a harsh noise made by scraping:scrapingscratchscratching
- an indication of damage:scratchscarmark
- an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off:abrasionscratchexcoriation
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable