Definitions for scrape

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scrape scrape

Spelling: [skreyp]

IPA: /skreɪp/

Scrape is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 203 anagrams from letters in scrape (aceprs).

Definitions for scrape

noun

1. an act or instance of scraping.
2. a drawing back of the foot noisily along the ground in making a bow.
3. a harsh, shrill, or scratching sound made by scraping.
4. a scraped place:
5. an embarrassing or distressing situation; predicament:
6. a difference of opinion, fight, or quarrel; scrap2 .
7. Digital Technology. the process of extracting and copying data from a website into a structured format using a computer program, as for data manipulation or analysis: the product of this process.

verb (used with object)

1. to deprive of or free from an outer layer, adhering matter, etc., or to smooth by drawing or rubbing something, especially a sharp or rough instrument, over the surface:
2. to remove (an outer layer, adhering matter, etc.) in this way:
3. to scratch, injure, or mar the surface of in this way:
4. to produce by scraping:
5. to collect or do by or as if by scraping; do or gather laboriously or with difficulty (usually followed by up or together):
6. to rub harshly on or across (something):
7. to draw or rub (a thing) roughly across something:
8. to level (an unpaved road) with a grader.
9. Digital Technology. to extract and copy (data) from a website into a structured format using a computer program, as for data manipulation or analysis:

verb (used without object)

1. to scrape something.
2. to rub against something gratingly.
3. to produce a grating and unmusical tone from a string instrument.
4. to draw one's foot back noisily along the ground in making a bow.
5. to manage or get by with difficulty or with only the barest margin:
6. to economize or save by attention to even the slightest amounts:

Origin of scrape

1350-1400; (verb) Middle English scrapen, from Old Norse skrapa (replacing Middle English shrapen from Old English scrapian “to scratch”); (cognate with Old Norse skrapa); (noun) Middle Engli