scrape : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: scrape	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for scrape
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
scrape n a harsh noise made by scraping; "the scrape of violin bows distracted her" Synonym(s): scrape, scraping, scratch, scratching an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off Synonym(s): abrasion, scratch, scrape, excoriation a deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility); "all that bowing and scraping did not impress him" Synonym(s): scrape, scraping an indication of damage Synonym(s): scratch, scrape, scar, mark v scratch repeatedly; "The cat scraped at the armchair" [syn: scrape, grate] make by scraping; "They scraped a letter into the stone" cut the surface of; wear away the surface of Synonym(s): scratch, scrape, scratch up bend the knees and bow in a servile manner Synonym(s): scrape, kowtow, genuflect gather (money or other resources) together over time; "She had scraped together enough money for college"; "they scratched a meager living" Synonym(s): scrape, scrape up, scratch, come up bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of; "The boy skinned his knee when he fell" Synonym(s): skin, scrape
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]:
Scrape \Scrape\, v. i. 1. To rub over the surface of anything with something which roughens or removes it, or which smooths or cleans it; to rub harshly and noisily along. 2. To occupy one's self with getting laboriously; as, he scraped and saved until he became rich. [bd][Spend] their scraping fathers' gold.[b8] --Shak. 3. To play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or like instrument. 4. To draw back the right foot along the ground or floor when making a bow.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scrape \Scrape\, n. 1. The act of scraping; also, the effect of scraping, as a scratch, or a harsh sound; as, a noisy scrape on the floor; a scrape of a pen. 2. A drawing back of the right foot when bowing; also, a bow made with that accompaniment. --H. Spencer. 3. A disagreeable and embarrassing predicament out of which one can not get without undergoing, as it were, a painful rubbing or scraping; a perplexity; a difficulty. The too eager pursuit of this his old enemy through thick and thin has led him into many of these scrapes. --Bp. Warburton.