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Meaning of scraping

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

scraping

noun

Definitions

  1. The sound or action of something being scraped.

  2. What has been removed when something has been scraped.

    Example: the scrapings of roads and ditches

scraping

verb

Definitions

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

    Example: Her fingernails scraped across the blackboard.

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

    Example: Scrape the chewing gum off with a knife.

  3. To injure or damage by rubbing across a surface.

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

  4. To barely manage to achieve.

    Example: I scraped a pass in the exam.