Scrape
verb
To move a hard tool or piece of metal across a surface to remove dirt or a thin layer from it.
You need to scrape the paint off the wall before you repaint it.
Often appears as...
- scrape off
- scrape out
verb
To succeed in getting enough money or resources together, with difficulty.
I managed to scrape together enough money for a bus fare.
Often appears as...
- scrape together
- scrape by
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To rub against a surface in such a way as to damage or hurt.
She fell and scraped her knee on the pavement.
Often appears as...
- scrape against
- scrape on
noun
An embarrassing or difficult predicament caused by one's own unwise behavior.
He always gets into scrapes because he doesn't think before he acts.
Often appears as...
- get into a scrape
- out of a scrape
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
verb
To barely pass or succeed.
I scraped through my exams with the minimum passing grade.
Often appears as...
- scrape through
- scrape in
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
The act of scraping.
The scrape of chairs on the floor was loud in the silent room.
Often appears as...
- hear a scrape
- make a scrape
verb
To move a hard tool or piece of metal across a surface to remove dirt or a thin layer from it.
You need to scrape the paint off the wall before you repaint it.
Often appears as...
- scrape off
- scrape out
verb
To succeed in getting enough money or resources together, with difficulty.
I managed to scrape together enough money for a bus fare.
Often appears as...
- scrape together
- scrape by
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To rub against a surface in such a way as to damage or hurt.
She fell and scraped her knee on the pavement.
Often appears as...
- scrape against
- scrape on
noun
An embarrassing or difficult predicament caused by one's own unwise behavior.
He always gets into scrapes because he doesn't think before he acts.
Often appears as...
- get into a scrape
- out of a scrape
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
verb
To barely pass or succeed.
I scraped through my exams with the minimum passing grade.
Often appears as...
- scrape through
- scrape in
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
The act of scraping.
The scrape of chairs on the floor was loud in the silent room.
Often appears as...
- hear a scrape
- make a scrape
Definition 1 of 6
Pro Tip 1/2Physical action
Refers to a forceful action, literally removing something by scraping.
You need to scrape the grime from your shoes.
Pro Tip 2/2Not just dirt
Can be used for removing other things, like paint or ice.
I have to scrape ice off the windshield every morning.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical action
Refers to a forceful action, literally removing something by scraping.
You need to scrape the grime from your shoes.
Pro Tip 2/2Not just dirt
Can be used for removing other things, like paint or ice.
I have to scrape ice off the windshield every morning.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical action
Refers to a forceful action, literally removing something by scraping.
You need to scrape the grime from your shoes.
Pro Tip 2/2Not just dirt
Can be used for removing other things, like paint or ice.
I have to scrape ice off the windshield every morning.
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Caribou Blanket PIPE Life...
is to get the hide flexible soft after it dries mostly it's by scraping sometimes chewing on it because what you'll see is you'll actually see it turning the leather like right here if you just chew it a little bit you know the whole days people use to hide all the time saliva actually helps it a lot of people don't get to do
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How visionary leaders...
didn't understand why so I started working on a way to analyze it spent the first two years building a massive database of people's communications millions of pieces of text audio and video everything we could scrape together and then we went out and we asked thousands of audiences why they
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A tale of mental illness...
Then they strapped my legs and arms to the metal bed with thick leather straps. A sound came out of my mouth that I'd never heard half groan, half scream, barely human and pure terror. Then the sound came again, forced from somewhere deep inside my belly and scraping my throat raw."
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The beauty of data...
billion for this war it doesn't make any sense so the only way to understand it is visually and relatively so I scrape to load a report figures from various news outlets and then scaled the boxes according to those amounts and the colors here represent the motivation
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The big-beaked,...
from the ocean floor. Their so-called beak is actually a mosaic of tightly-packed teeth which can scrape and grind rock, allowing them to consume every bit of seaweed covering a stony surface. This helps parrotfish reach seaweed other fish can’t consume,
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How to Make Bendy and...
collagen you have to scrape me off the floor I'd have absolutely no strength or integrity to my bones a bit like this thing and that highlights just how important that is to have a skeleton with bones made of this composite
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Wings of the Albatross PIPE...
will not recognize their own egg if it falls out of that mud pedestal their own nest it just becomes an object that means nothing to them but when it's inside that nest scrape it's an object to Beach other cherished
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How aspirin was...
If they scraped the bark off a particular kind of tree and ate it, their pain disappeared. Little did they know that why they'd found was destined to influence the future course of medicine.
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Gever Tulley: 5...
they do come back bruised, scraped and bloody. You know, we live in a world that's subjected to ever more stringent child safety regulations. There doesn't seem to be any limit on how crazy
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Barbed Cat Penis PIPE...
they're made of keratin a tough fibrous protein normally found in nails and claws as the male withdraws the hooks scraped the walls of the vagina the barbs have two functions they help
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Caribou Blanket PIPE Life...
is to get the hide flexible soft after it dries mostly it's by scraping sometimes chewing on it because what you'll see is you'll actually see it turning the leather like right here if you just chew it a little bit you know the whole days people use to hide all the time saliva actually helps it a lot of people don't get to do
Video examples
How visionary leaders...
didn't understand why so I started working on a way to analyze it spent the first two years building a massive database of people's communications millions of pieces of text audio and video everything we could scrape together and then we went out and we asked thousands of audiences why they
Video examples
A tale of mental illness...
Then they strapped my legs and arms to the metal bed with thick leather straps. A sound came out of my mouth that I'd never heard half groan, half scream, barely human and pure terror. Then the sound came again, forced from somewhere deep inside my belly and scraping my throat raw."
Video examples
The beauty of data...
billion for this war it doesn't make any sense so the only way to understand it is visually and relatively so I scrape to load a report figures from various news outlets and then scaled the boxes according to those amounts and the colors here represent the motivation
Video examples
The big-beaked,...
from the ocean floor. Their so-called beak is actually a mosaic of tightly-packed teeth which can scrape and grind rock, allowing them to consume every bit of seaweed covering a stony surface. This helps parrotfish reach seaweed other fish can’t consume,
Video examples
How to Make Bendy and...
collagen you have to scrape me off the floor I'd have absolutely no strength or integrity to my bones a bit like this thing and that highlights just how important that is to have a skeleton with bones made of this composite
Video examples
Wings of the Albatross PIPE...
will not recognize their own egg if it falls out of that mud pedestal their own nest it just becomes an object that means nothing to them but when it's inside that nest scrape it's an object to Beach other cherished
Video examples
How aspirin was...
If they scraped the bark off a particular kind of tree and ate it, their pain disappeared. Little did they know that why they'd found was destined to influence the future course of medicine.
Video examples
Gever Tulley: 5...
they do come back bruised, scraped and bloody. You know, we live in a world that's subjected to ever more stringent child safety regulations. There doesn't seem to be any limit on how crazy
Video examples
Barbed Cat Penis PIPE...
they're made of keratin a tough fibrous protein normally found in nails and claws as the male withdraws the hooks scraped the walls of the vagina the barbs have two functions they help
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Quote examples
Darell Hammond
American Businessman
We all have a natural instinct to protect children from harm. It's never fun to see a child hurt, even if it's just a scraped knee. But on the other hand, children need to take on physical challenges to learn and grow, and scraped knees and other bumps and bruises teach them valuable lessons about their own limits.
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Jessica McDonald
American Athlete
If anything as simple as child care was covered by the league or your organization, that would be life-changing for moms, especially when we're scraping pennies. Maybe we would have more moms in this league if something like that was there for us, but I feel like we're far from that.
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Allison Anders
American Director
You still get the movies made. A filmmaker can always scrape up money to do a movie. The passion drives it. And you'll get the money. Money's the easiest thing. But the hardest thing is finding a way for people to see your movie.
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Julian Castro
American Politician
I started when I was 39 as a cabinet secretary, and so I feel like I have lived an experience in my life where I can relate to families that struggle, and are scraping by and scrounging.
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Rory MacDonald
I'm fighting the best guys in the world... I would be a fool to think I wouldn't leave with a little blood and a few scrapes here and there. You've gotta learn how to like that stuff.
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Giles Duley
British Photographer
It is funny how it is almost more painful to fall over and scrape your knee than to be blown up. Your body goes into incredible protection mode.
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Jason O'Mara
Irish Actor
I think it's refreshing to have a character-driven 'Batman' story that isn't just about action and getting out of scrapes.
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Edie Falco
American Actress
I was able to support myself by acting alone about six years ago. Until then, I was just scraping by.
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Michael Hutchence
Australian Musician
I manage to scrape together a private life, despite the press.
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James Dyson
British Designer
I myself scraped seven poor passes at O-level.
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Darell Hammond
American Businessman
We all have a natural instinct to protect children from harm. It's never fun to see a child hurt, even if it's just a scraped knee. But on the other hand, children need to take on physical challenges to learn and grow, and scraped knees and other bumps and bruises teach them valuable lessons about their own limits.
Quote examples
Jessica McDonald
American Athlete
If anything as simple as child care was covered by the league or your organization, that would be life-changing for moms, especially when we're scraping pennies. Maybe we would have more moms in this league if something like that was there for us, but I feel like we're far from that.
Quote examples
Allison Anders
American Director
You still get the movies made. A filmmaker can always scrape up money to do a movie. The passion drives it. And you'll get the money. Money's the easiest thing. But the hardest thing is finding a way for people to see your movie.
Quote examples
Julian Castro
American Politician
I started when I was 39 as a cabinet secretary, and so I feel like I have lived an experience in my life where I can relate to families that struggle, and are scraping by and scrounging.
Quote examples
Rory MacDonald
I'm fighting the best guys in the world... I would be a fool to think I wouldn't leave with a little blood and a few scrapes here and there. You've gotta learn how to like that stuff.
Quote examples
Giles Duley
British Photographer
It is funny how it is almost more painful to fall over and scrape your knee than to be blown up. Your body goes into incredible protection mode.
Quote examples
Jason O'Mara
Irish Actor
I think it's refreshing to have a character-driven 'Batman' story that isn't just about action and getting out of scrapes.
Quote examples
Edie Falco
American Actress
I was able to support myself by acting alone about six years ago. Until then, I was just scraping by.
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Michael Hutchence
Australian Musician
I manage to scrape together a private life, despite the press.
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James Dyson
British Designer
I myself scraped seven poor passes at O-level.
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