[scrape] vb scraped ; scrap.ing [ME, fr. ON skrapa; akin to OE scrapian to scrape, L scrobis ditch, Russ skresti to scrape] vt (14c) 1 a: to remove from a surface by usu. repeated strokes of an edged instrument b: to make (a surface) smooth or clean with strokes of an edged instrument or an abrasive
2. a: to grate harshly over or against b: to damage or injure the surface of by contact with a rough surface c: to draw roughly or noisily over a surface
3: to collect by or as if by scraping--often used with up or together "~ up the price of a ticket" ~ vi 1: to move in sliding contact with a rough surface
2: to accumulate money by small economies
3: to draw back the foot along the ground in making a bow
4: to make one's way with difficulty or succeed by a narrow margin "just scraped by at school" -- scrap.er n -- scrape a leg : to make a low bow
[2]scrape n (15c) 1 a: the act or process of scraping b: a sound made by scraping c: damage or injury caused by scraping: abrasion "bumps and ~s"
2: a bow made with a drawing back of the foot along the ground 3 a: a distressing encounter "a ~ with death" b: quarrel, fight