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Scraping   /skrˈeɪpɪŋ/   Listen
Scraping

noun
1.
(usually plural) a fragment scraped off of something and collected.
2.
A harsh noise made by scraping.  Synonyms: scrape, scratch, scratching.
3.
A deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility).  Synonym: scrape.


Scrape

verb
(past & past part. scraped; pres. part. scraping)
1.
Scratch repeatedly.  Synonym: grate.
2.
Make by scraping.
3.
Cut the surface of; wear away the surface of.  Synonyms: scratch, scratch up.
4.
Bend the knees and bow in a servile manner.  Synonyms: genuflect, kowtow.
5.
Gather (money or other resources) together over time.  Synonyms: come up, scrape up, scratch.  "They scratched a meager living"
6.
Bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of.  Synonym: skin.



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"Scraping" Quotes from Famous Books



... As soon as God helps me to get home I will pay you honourably, with many thanks; for I have to paint a picture for the Germans, for which they are giving me 110 Rhenish gulden, which will not cost me as much as five. I shall have finished laying and scraping the ground-work in eight days, then I shall at once begin to paint, and if God will, it shall be in its place for the altar a month ...
— Memoirs of Journeys to Venice and the Low Countries - [This is our volunteer's translation of the title] • Albrecht Durer
... undermined. Opium is worse than drink in both respects: and if things ever reached such a pass—which God forbid—it would mean losing my commission; just going under, like dozens of ill-fated chaps, and sinking in the scale: or at best scraping along in the army by means of constant subterfuges, at the hourly risk of discovery and disgrace. A nice sort of life for you, my proud little woman. And for——" ...
— The Great Amulet • Maud Diver
... sound of the scraping runners, West whirled. He lunged savagely. Even as Tom ducked, a sharp pain shot through his leg from the force of the glancing blow. The axe-head swung like a circle of steel. It struck the convict's fur cap. The fellow went down like an ox in ...
— Man Size • William MacLeod Raine
... time for observation, for the gate opened with difficulty, groaning on its hinges, scraping its way in the segment of a circle upon the ground, and tearing up grass by the roots in its progress. Evidently the front door was not in very frequent use, and the stubborn old gate seemed determined that it never should be again. A wren shot away from the porch, as the Judge and ...
— The Old Homestead • Ann S. Stephens
... a round-eyed meditation. One or two vaulted heavily into upper berths, and, once there, sighed; others dived head first inside lower bunks—swift, and turning round instantly upon themselves, like animals going into lairs. The grating of a knife scraping burnt clay was heard. Knowles grinned no more. Davis said, in a tone of ardent conviction: "Then our skipper's looney." Archie muttered: "My faith! we haven't heard the last of it yet!" Four bells were struck.—"Half our watch ...
— The Nigger Of The "Narcissus" - A Tale Of The Forecastle • Joseph Conrad


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