scrape
verb /skreɪp/
/skreɪp/
Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they scrape | /skreɪp/ /skreɪp/ |
| he / she / it scrapes | /skreɪps/ /skreɪps/ |
| past simple scraped | /skreɪpt/ /skreɪpt/ |
| past participle scraped | /skreɪpt/ /skreɪpt/ |
| -ing form scraping | /ˈskreɪpɪŋ/ /ˈskreɪpɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] to remove something from a surface by moving something sharp and hard like a knife across it
- scrape something (+ adv./prep.) She scraped the mud off her boots.
- We scraped away the top layer of wallpaper.
- scrape something + adj. The kids had scraped their plates clean.
Extra Examples- I scraped the carrots with a knife.
- The wood had been scraped clean.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- carefully
- gently
- away
- …
- against
- along
- on
- …
- scrape something clean
- [transitive] to rub something by accident so that it gets damaged or hurt
- scrape something She fell and scraped her knee.
- scrape something + adv./prep. I scraped the side of my car on the wall.
- Sorry, I've scraped some paint off the car.
- The wire had scraped the skin from her fingers.
- I scraped my elbow on the wall as I cycled past.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- carefully
- gently
- away
- …
- against
- along
- on
- …
- scrape something clean
- [intransitive, transitive] to make an unpleasant noise by rubbing against a hard surface; to make something do this
- (+ adv./prep.) I could hear his pen scraping across the paper.
- Bushes scraped against the car windows.
- We could hear her scraping away at the violin.
- scrape something (+ adv./prep.) Don't scrape your chairs on the floor.
- Patrick lifted the gate to prevent it from scraping along the ground.
- [transitive, intransitive] scrape (something) to manage to win or to get something with difficulty
- The team scraped a narrow victory last year.
- (British English) I just scraped a pass in the exam.
- They scraped a living by playing music on the streets.
- The government scraped home (= just won) by three votes.
- [transitive] scrape something (out) to make a hole or hollow place in the ground
- He found a suitable place, scraped a hole and buried the bag in it.
- [transitive] scrape your hair back to pull your hair tightly back, away from your face
- Her hair was scraped back from her face in a ponytail.
remove
damage
make sound
win with difficulty
make hole in ground
pull hair back
Word OriginOld English scrapian ‘scratch with the fingernails’, of Germanic origin, reinforced in Middle English by Old Norse skrapa or Middle Dutch schrapen ‘to scratch’.
Idioms
bow and scrape
- (disapproving) to be too polite to an important person in order to gain their approval
- She was beginning to tire of all their bowing and scraping.
scrape (the bottom of) the barrel
- (disapproving) to have to use things or people that are not the best or most suitable because the ones that were the best or most suitable are no longer available