Scraping Definition

skrāpiŋ
scrapings
noun
The act of a person or thing that scrapes.
Webster's New World
The sound of this.
Webster's New World
Something scraped off, together, or up.
Webster's New World
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verb

Present participle of scrape.

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Other Word Forms of Scraping

Noun

Singular:
scraping
Plural:
scrapings

Scraping Sentence Examples

  • He loved animals, but he spent his entire life scraping to make ends meet.

  • Scraping the left-overs into a bowl, she ran water to wash the dishes.

  • The beating of the rotators died, replaced by creaking and scraping of metal.

  • This consists in selecting a spot of virgin soil, clearing it of forest and jungle by burning, and scraping the surface with the rudest agricultural implements.

  • You may be accustomed to scraping by in some third world country, but this is our country.

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Words Starting With

SSCSCR

Words Ending With

GNGING

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Words Starting With S and Ending With G

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8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With S8 Letter Words Ending With G