Scrape
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:10 ptsWWF:12 pts6 letters
Definition of Scrape
Verb
- To draw (an object, especially a sharp or angular one), along (something) while exerting pressure.
"She scraped the wooden plate with her fingernails."
- To remove (something) by drawing an object along in this manner.
"Scrape the chewing gum off with a knife."
- To injure or damage by rubbing across a surface.
"She tripped on a rock and scraped her knee."
- To barely manage to achieve or attain.
"I scraped a pass in the exam."
- To collect or gather, especially without regard to the quality of what is chosen. <!--always "scrape together"? needs an example of "scrape" alone-->
"Just use whatever you can scrape together."
Noun
- A broad, shallow injury left by scraping (rather than a cut or a scratch).
"He fell on the sidewalk and got a scrape on his knee."
- The sound or action of something being scraped.
- Something removed by being scraped; a thin layer of something such as butter on bread.
- A fight, especially a fistfight without weapons.
"He got in a scrape with the school bully."
- An awkward set of circumstances.
"I'm in a bit of a scrape — I've no money to buy my wife a birthday present."
Anagrams of Scrape
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