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verb | noun scrapescrape1 /skreɪp/ ●●○ verb ETYMOLOGYscrape1Origin: 1300-1400 Old Norse skrapa VERB TABLEscrape |
| Present | I, you, we, they | scrape | | he, she, it | scrapes | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | scraped | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have scraped | | he, she, it | has scraped | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had scraped | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will scrape | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have scraped |
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| Present | I | am scraping | | he, she, it | is scraping | | you, we, they | are scraping | | Past | I, he, she, it | was scraping | | you, we, they | were scraping | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been scraping | | he, she, it | has been scraping | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been scraping | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be scraping | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been scraping |
► scrape something away/off etc. Barbara used a stick to scrape the mud off her boots. ► scrape something clean Scrape your plate clean and put it in the sink. 1[transitive] to remove something from a surface or clean a surface, using the edge of a knife, stick, etc.: You’ll need to scrape the windshield – it’s covered in ice.scrape something away/off etc. Barbara used a stick to scrape the mud off her boots.scrape something clean Scrape your plate clean and put it in the sink.2[intransitive always + adv./prep., transitive] to rub against a rough surface in a way that causes slight damage or injury, or to make something do this SYN graze: scrape on/against etc. The side of the car scraped against the wall.scrape something on/against etc. something Tim fell down and scraped his knee on the sidewalk.3[intransitive, transitive] to make a noise by rubbing roughly against a surface SYN grate: Metal scraped loudly as the snowplow drove past.scrape (something) along/down/against etc. Branches scraped against the house in the wind.4scrape the bottom of the barrel informal to have to use something even though it is not very good, because there is nothing better available: We’ll really be scraping the bottom of the barrel if we hire him.scrape by phrasal verb1to have just enough money to live SYN get by: scrape by on We had to scrape by on welfare for two years.2to just manage to succeed in passing a test or dealing with a difficult situationscrape in/into phrasal verb to just manage to succeed in getting a job, getting into college, etc.: scrape into something Dave just scraped into the local college.scrape through phrasal verb to just manage to succeed in passing a test or dealing with a difficult situation: scrape through something Dani just scraped through her driving test.scrape something ↔ together/up phrasal verb to get enough money for a particular purpose, when this is difficult: She scraped together enough money to start a small florist business. verb | noun scrapescrape2 noun ► cuts and scrapes a few cuts and scrapes on her back THESAURUS a wound or damage to part of your body caused by an accident or attack► injury a wound or damage to part of your body caused by an accident or attack: Smith has missed several games because of injury. She was treated in the hospital for minor injuries (=ones that are not serious). ► wound an injury, especially a deep cut made in your skin by a knife or bullet: He needed emergency treatment for a gunshot wound. ► cut a small wound you get if a sharp object cuts your skin: She has a cut on her finger from when she was chopping carrots. ► scratch a small cut on someone’s skin that is not deep: His legs were covered in scratches and bruises. ► scrape/abrasion a lot of small cuts on one area of someone’s skin, caused for example by falling down. Abrasion is mostly used in medical language: The girl had scrapes on both knees. ► laceration formal a bad cut or tear on the skin. Used especially in medical language: She suffered facial lacerations in the attack. ► bruise/contusion a black or blue mark on your skin that you get when you fall or get hit. Contusion is mostly used in medical language: There was a dark bruise on her cheek. ► sore/lesion a wound or cut on your skin that is painful and infected. Lesion is mostly used in medical language: The sore on his hand was slow to heal. ► sprain an injury to a joint in your body, caused by suddenly twisting it: He hurt himself during the game, but it’s just a slight sprain. ► bump/swelling an area of skin that is swollen because you have hit it on something. Swelling is more formal than bump: She has a bump on her forehead from when she banged it on the cupboard door. ► fracture a crack or broken part in a bone: X-rays showed a small fracture. ► break a place where a bone has broken: The doctor used a model of the arm bone to show me where the break is. 1[countable] a mark or slight injury caused by rubbing against a rough surface SYN abrasion: a few cuts and scrapes on her back► see thesaurus at injury2[countable] a situation in which you get into trouble or have difficulties: scrape with He had a few scrapes with the law as a kid.3[countable usually singular] the noise made when one surface rubs roughly against another: She got up with a scrape of her chair. |