scraping : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: scraping	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
scraping n (usually plural) a fragment scraped off of something and collected; "they collected blood scrapings for analysis" a harsh noise made by scraping; "the scrape of violin bows distracted her" Synonym(s): scrape, scraping, scratch, scratching a deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility); "all that bowing and scraping did not impress him" Synonym(s): scrape, scraping
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scrape \Scrape\ (skr[amac]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scraped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scraping}.] [Icel. skrapa; akin to Sw. skrapa, Dan. skrabe, D. schrapen, schrabben, G. schrappen, and prob. to E. sharp.] 1. To rub over the surface of (something) with a sharp or rough instrument; to rub over with something that roughens by removing portions of the surface; to grate harshly over; to abrade; to make even, or bring to a required condition or form, by moving the sharp edge of an instrument breadthwise over the surface with pressure, cutting away excesses and superfluous parts; to make smooth or clean; as, to scrape a bone with a knife; to scrape a metal plate to an even surface. 2. To remove by rubbing or scraping (in the sense above). I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock. --Ezek. xxvi. 4. 3. To collect by, or as by, a process of scraping; to gather in small portions by laborious effort; hence, to acquire avariciously and save penuriously; -- often followed by together or up; as, to scrape money together. The prelatical party complained that, to swell a number the nonconformists did not choose, but scrape, subscribers. --Fuller. 4. To express disapprobation of, as a play, or to silence, as a speaker, by drawing the feet back and forth upon the floor; -- usually with down. --Macaulay. {To scrape acquaintance}, to seek acquaintance otherwise than by an introduction. --Farquhar. He tried to scrape acquaintance with her, but failed ignominiously. --G. W. Cable.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scraping \Scrap"ing\, n. 1. The act of scraping; the act or process of making even, or reducing to the proper form, by means of a scraper. 2. Something scraped off; that which is separated from a substance, or is collected by scraping; as, the scraping of the street.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scraping \Scrap"ing\, a. Resembling the act of, or the effect produced by, one who, or that which, scrapes; as, a scraping noise; a scraping miser. -- {Scrap"ing*ly}, adv.