scrape
To draw, along while exerting pressureTo draw (an object, especially a sharp or angular one), along (something) while exerting pressure.
» The boy fell and scraped his knee.
Der Junge fiel hin und schürfte sich das Knie auf. — Tamy
Мальчик упал и поцарапал колено. — Hellerick
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10 senses(ambitransitive)To draw (an object, especially a sharp or angular one), along (something) while exerting pressure.
She scraped the wooden plate with her fingernails.
That car often scrapes the shallowest of humps because of its low ground clearance.
abkratzen, kratzen, schaben
скрести́skrestí, поскрести́poskrestí, цара́патьcarápatʹ
скребти́skrebtý
(transitive)To remove (something) by drawing an object along in this manner.
Scrape the chewing gum off with a knife.
(transitive)To injure or damage by rubbing across a surface.
She tripped on a rock and scraped her knee.
цара́патьcarápatʹ, поцара́патьpocarápatʹ, оцара́патьocarápatʹ
bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of
(transitive)To barely manage to achieve or attain.
I scraped a pass in the exam.
(transitive)To collect or gather, especially without regard to the quality of what is chosen.
Just use whatever you can scrape together.
(transitive)To extract data by automated means from a format not intended to be machine-readable, such as a screenshot or a formatted web page.
They didn't provide an API, so I simply scraped their website.
отскреба́тьotskrebátʹ, отскрести́otskrestí, соскреба́тьsoskrebátʹ
(intransitive)To occupy oneself with getting laboriously.
He scraped and saved until he became rich.
(ambitransitive)To play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or similar instrument.
Some people covered their ears when he started to scrape his violin.
(intransitive)To draw back the right foot along the ground or floor when making a bow.
To express disapprobation of (a play, etc.) or to silence (a speaker) by drawing the feet back and forth upon the floor; usually with down.
Examples
83 sentencesThe boy fell and scraped his knee.
ruМальчик упал и поцарапал колено. — Hellerick
deDer Junge fiel hin und schürfte sich das Knie auf. — Tamy
Don't scrape your chair on the floor.
ruНе царапай стулом пол. — Hellerick
He scraped the mud off his boots.
deEr kratzte den Dreck von seinen Stiefeln. — laylai
Tom scraped the mud off his boots.
deTom kratzte den Dreck von seinen Stiefeln. — wolfgangth
Tom scraped the scales off the fish.
ruТом очистил рыбу от чешуи. — Wezel
Translations
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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
scrapes, scraping, scraped, scrapedPhrasal verbs
6 phrasal verbs- scrape offзішкрібати, зшкрібатиTo remove (something) by a scraping action.
- scrape upTo scrape completely; cover all over with scrapes.
- scrape downTo make the ground flat with tools like a hoe or shovel.
- scrape throughTo marginally manage to progress.
- scrape alongTo barely be able to survive
- scrape byTo only afford the essentials; to barely sustain oneself.
Synonyms
17 synonymsAntonyms
5 antonymsWord family
15 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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