Scrape Definition

skrāp

scraped, scrapes, scraping

verb

scraped, scrapes, scraping

To remove (an outer layer, for example) from a surface by forceful strokes of an edged or rough instrument.

Scraped the wallpaper off before painting the wall.

American Heritage

To scrape something so as to remove dirt, etc.

Webster's New World

To rub against something harshly; grate.

Webster's New World

To remove by rubbing with something sharp or rough.

Webster's New World

To make smooth or clean by rubbing with a tool or abrasive.

Webster's New World

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noun

scrapes

The act of scraping.

Webster's New World

The noise of scraping; harsh, grating sound.

Webster's New World

A scraped place; abrasion or scratch.

Webster's New World

A disagreeable or embarrassing situation; predicament, esp. when caused by one's own conduct.

Webster's New World

A fight or conflict.

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Other Word Forms of Scrape

Singular:

scrape

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From Middle English scrapen, from Old Norse skrapa (“to scrape, scratch") and Old English scrapian (“to scrape, scratch"), both from Proto-Germanic *skrapōnÄ…, *skrepanÄ… (“to scrape, scratch"), from Proto-Indo-European *skreb-, *skrep- (“to engrave"). Cognate with Dutch schrapen (“to scrape"), German schrappen (“to scrape"), Danish skrabe (“to scrape"), Icelandic skrapa (“to scrape"), Walloon screper (“to scrape"), Latin scribō (“dig with a pen, draw, write").

From Wiktionary
Middle English scrapen from Old Norse skrapa sker-¹ in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition