SCRAPE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scrape mean? 

• SCRAPE (noun)
  The noun SCRAPE has 4 senses:

1. a harsh noise made by scraping

2. an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off

3. a deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility)

4. an indication of damage

  Familiarity information: SCRAPE used as a noun is uncommon.

• SCRAPE (verb)
  The verb SCRAPE has 6 senses:

1. scratch repeatedly

2. make by scraping

3. cut the surface of; wear away the surface of

4. bend the knees and bow in a servile manner

5. gather (money or other resources) together over time

6. bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of

  Familiarity information: SCRAPE used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCRAPE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A harsh noise made by scraping

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

scrape; scraping; scratch; scratching

Context example:

the scrape of violin bows distracted her

Hypernyms ("scrape" is a kind of...):

noise (sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound))

Sense 2

Meaning:

An abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

abrasion; excoriation; scrape; scratch

Hypernyms ("scrape" is a kind of...):

lesion; wound (an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "scrape"):

graze (a superficial abrasion)

rope burn (abrasion (usually on the hands) caused by friction from a rope)

Derivation:

scrape (scratch repeatedly)

scrape (cut the surface of; wear away the surface of)

scrape (bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

scrape; scraping

Context example:

all that bowing and scraping did not impress him

Hypernyms ("scrape" is a kind of...):

bow; bowing; obeisance (bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting)

Derivation:

scrape (bend the knees and bow in a servile manner)

Sense 4

Meaning:

An indication of damage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

mark; scar; scrape; scratch

Hypernyms ("scrape" is a kind of...):

blemish; defect; mar (a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body))

Derivation:

scrape (scratch repeatedly)

scrape (cut the surface of; wear away the surface of)

• SCRAPE (verb)

Conjugation:

Sense 1

Meaning:

Scratch repeatedly

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

grate; scrape

Context example:

The cat scraped at the armchair

Hypernyms (to "scrape" is one way to...):

rub (move over something with pressure)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "scrape"):

paw (scrape with the paws)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

scrape (an indication of damage)

scrape (an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off)

scraper (any of various hand tools for scraping)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make by scraping

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Context example:

They scraped a letter into the stone

Hypernyms (to "scrape" is one way to...):

create; make (make or cause to be or to become)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

scraper (any of various hand tools for scraping)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Cut the surface of; wear away the surface of

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

scrape; scratch; scratch up

Hypernyms (to "scrape" is one way to...):

incise (make an incision into by carving or cutting)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "scrape"):

claw (scratch, scrape, pull, or dig with claws or nails)

scuff (mar by scuffing)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

scrape (an indication of damage)

scrape (an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Bend the knees and bow in a servile manner

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

genuflect; kowtow; scrape

Hypernyms (to "scrape" is one way to...):

bow (bend the head or the upper part of the body in a gesture of respect or greeting)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

scrape; scraping (a deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility))

Sense 5

Meaning:

Gather (money or other resources) together over time

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

come up; scrape; scrape up; scratch

Context example:

they scratched a meager living

Hypernyms (to "scrape" is one way to...):

accumulate; amass; collect; compile; hoard; pile up; roll up (get or gather together)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "scrape"):

nickel-and-dime (accumulate gradually)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 6

Meaning:

Bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

scrape; skin

Context example:

The boy skinned his knee when he fell

Hypernyms (to "scrape" is one way to...):

injure; wound (cause injuries or bodily harm to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

Did he scrape his foot?

Derivation:

scrape (an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off)

 Context examples 

He remembered his failures and scrapes in the process of learning.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Superficial damage to the skin caused by rubbing or scraping.

(Abrasion, NCI Thesaurus)

I don't offer to take it myself, for I should only get into another scrape if I did.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

He left off scraping his chin, and sucked in his cheeks until they seemed to meet inside; keeping his sidelong glance upon me all the while.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

A thin tube is inserted through the cervix into the uterus, and gentle scraping and suction are used to remove the sample.

(Endometrial biopsy, NCI Dictionary)

Dilatation of the cervix uteri followed by a scraping of the endometrium with a curette.

(Dilation and curettage, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A substance used on the skin to soothe or heal wounds, burns, rashes, scrapes, or other skin problems.

(Ointment, NCI Dictionary)

A laboratory test in which cells are scraped from the cervix to look for RNA of the most common types of human papillomavirus (HPV).

(HPV RNA test, NCI Dictionary)

I think you and I are very well off to be out of the scrape.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

A laboratory test in which cells are scraped from the cervix to look for DNA of human papillomaviruses (HPV).

(HPV DNA test, NCI Dictionary)