Word Finder - scraped

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To draw (an object, especially a sharp or angular one), along (something) while exerting pressure.

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Her fingernails scraped across the blackboard.

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To remove (something) by drawing an object along in this manner.

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Scrape the chewing gum off with a knife.

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To injure or damage by rubbing across a surface.

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She tripped on a rock and scraped her knee.

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To barely manage to achieve.

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I scraped a pass in the exam.

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To collect or gather, especially without regard to the quality of what is chosen.

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Just use whatever you can scrape together.

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To extract data by automated means from a format not intended to be machine-readable, such as a screenshot or a formatted web page.

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To occupy oneself with getting laboriously.

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He scraped and saved until he became rich.

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To play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or similar instrument.

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To draw back the right foot along the ground or floor when making a bow.

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To express disapprobation of (a play, etc.) or to silence (a speaker) by drawing the feet back and forth upon the floor; usually with down.

Behind her, the bench scraped against the floor.

He scraped the toe of his boot across the floor.

The Byrne family had finally scraped aside enough for Cynthia to go back to school.

The footmen began moving about, chairs scraped, the band struck up in the gallery, and the guests settled down in their places.

He scraped sand over the scorpion, burying it from her view.

A chair scraped next to her and Alex swore softly under his breath.

The entire surface of the basin was scraped to bed rock, sand or mineral earth, this alone costing $3,000,000.

In a large number of beetles of different families, stridulating areas occur on various segments of the abdomen, and are scraped by the elytra.

Katie scraped gears and smirked through her hand.

He bowed his head and scraped first with one foot and then with the other, awkwardly, like a child at a dancing lesson.

The large clear globules are scraped off into baskets, and the inferior quality that has run down the tree is collected separately.

The knife scraped across it, deflecting it away from his heart.

Or ridged areas on the sides of the prothorax may be scraped by "files" on the front thighs, as in some ground-beetles.

At first, they scraped a living by gathering firewood.

In many of those ants whose third abdominal segment forms a second " node," the basal dorsal region of the fourth segment is traversed by a large number of very fine transverse striations; over these the sharp hinder edge of the third segment can be scraped to and fro, and the result is a stridulating organ which gives rise to a note of very high pitch.

These are collected in water, scraped over the edge of a shell to free them from adhering cellular tissue and epidermis, and more than once washed in a running stream, followed by renewed scraping till the desired purity of fibre is attained.

In a state of captivity the civet is never completely tamed, and only kept for the sake of its perfume, which is obtained in largest quantity from the male, especially when in good condition and subjected to irritation, being scraped from the pouch with a small spoon usually twice a week.

Her voice had the quality of a metal chair being scraped over rusty nails.

She scraped bones from a plate into a hole she had dug in the sand.

She glanced down at her shoulder and saw blood oozing out of the scraped skin.

The good doctor had travelled much, and the reading of his itineraries and note-books awakened such a longing for travel in the young Holberg that at last, at the close of 1704, having scraped together 60 dollars, he went on board a ship bound for Holland.

They are enlarged to the size of an almond, rounded, firm and pink; there is some engorgement and oedema on section; the substance is rather soft, and can be scraped off with a knife.

The roots extend horizontally in the ground on all sides for about 9 ft., and from these the earth has to be carefully scraped away and other roots cut through where such come across.

The fragments adhering to the stem, after the finest flakes have been removed are scraped off, and form the small or Tolfa manna of commerce.

The surface film, together with half an inch to an inch of sand, is then carefully scraped off and stored for subsequent washing and use.

We crossed safely, but the boat scraped the bottom of the lagoon at times as we crawled slowly along toward the hotel jetty.

We all got a chance to practice and looked slightly manic as all six of us scraped and hacked away at the snow banks.

I also VERY gently scraped the " feet " of the 555.

The scraped pulp was applied as a stimulating plaster, and in gout, rheumatism and paralysis has been found serviceable in many instances.

I fussed and scraped with a combination of die sinkers flies and a surgical scalpel.

Again the footmen rushed about, chairs scraped, and in the same order in which they had entered but with redder faces, the guests returned to the drawing room and to the count's study.

Low on the mountain the quartzites are scraped clean.

All the dirt is scraped off with the sticky oil.

The arsenic could then be scraped off the walls, not a healthy job.

Stainless steel can be dropped, scraped and washed repeated and still look good, though it can be damaged by excessive force such as bending or becoming stuck in a trash disposal.

Sanding - After you have scraped most of the old paint off of the beadboard, go over the surface with a medium-grained sandpaper to remove any residual paint.

After the petals fall off, the capsule can be cut and the opium gum on the inside is scraped off of it.

An abrasion usually appears as lines of scraped skin with tiny spots of bleeding.

Russell's sign-A scraped or raw area on the patient's knuckles, caused by self-induced vomiting.

Vinegar and other acidic substances are used to neutralize jellyfish nematocysts still clinging to the skin, which are then scraped off.

To achieve fusion, the involved vertebra are first exposed and then scraped to promote regrowth.

An area of skin that has been cut or scraped becomes painful or swollen, feels hot, or produces pus.

If there is a buildup of wax in the ear canal, it might be rinsed or scraped out.

The membrane often bleeds if it is scraped or cut.

Place the milk and a teaspoon of the remaining sugar in a saucepan with the scraped vanilla seeds and vanilla pods.

Portobello mushrooms on the other hand need to have the gills scraped off before they can be stuffed.

Scrape the gills completely off the flesh of the mushroom and discard the scraped gills.

The head, that lay scraped and bloody, began to roll towards the bones.

In ancient times there were a number of repulsive home remedies for tattoo removal including wearing a paste of pigeon poop and vinegar, or rubbing the skin with coarse salt until both the flesh and most of the ink was scraped away.

This is healthy, and shouldn't be picked at or scraped off.