SCRAPE


Meaning of SCRAPE in English

verb

ADVERB

▪ carefully , gently

She carefully ~d away the top layer of paint.

▪ away , back , off

I ~d the dirt off.

PREPOSITION

▪ against

He ~d the car against the garage wall.

▪ along

Patrick lifted the gate to prevent it from scraping along the ground.

▪ on

I ~d my elbow on the wall as I went past.

▪ with

I ~d the carrots with a knife.

PHRASES

▪ ~ sth clean

The wood had been ~d clean.

Scrape is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ chair , ↑ fingernail , ↑ nail

Scrape is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ dirt , ↑ knee , ↑ knuckle , ↑ living , ↑ pass , ↑ windscreen

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .