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A broad, shallow injury left by scraping (rather than a cut or a scratch).

Example: He fell on the sidewalk and got a scrape on his knee.

A fight, especially a fistfight without weapons.

Example: He got in a scrape with the school bully.

An awkward set of circumstances.

Example: I'm in a bit of a scrape — I've no money to buy my wife a birthday present.

A D and C or abortion; or, a miscarriage.

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

Example: Her fingernails scraped across the blackboard.

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

Example: Scrape the chewing gum off with a knife.

To injure or damage by rubbing across a surface.

Example: She tripped on a rock and scraped her knee.

To barely manage to achieve.

Example: I scraped a pass in the exam.