SCRAPE

/skɹeɪp/

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Definition

/skɹeɪp/

noun

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.”
A fight, especially a fistfight without weapons.
“He got in a scrape with the school bully.”
An awkward set of circumstances.
“I'm in a bit of a scrape — I've no money to buy my wife a birthday present.”
A D and C or abortion; or, a miscarriage.
A shallow depression used by ground birds as a nest; a nest scrape.

verb

To draw (an object, especially a sharp or angular one), along (something) while exerting pressure.
“Her fingernails scraped across the blackboard.”
To remove (something) by drawing an object along in this manner.
“Scrape the chewing gum off with a knife.”
To injure or damage by rubbing across a surface.
“She tripped on a rock and scraped her knee.”
To barely manage to achieve.
“I scraped a pass in the exam.”
To collect or gather, especially without regard to the quality of what is chosen.
“Just use whatever you can scrape together.”