scraping
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The sound or action of something being scraped.
What has been removed when something has been scraped.
Example: the scrapings of roads and ditches
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The sound or action of something being scraped.
What has been removed when something has been scraped.
Example: the scrapings of roads and ditches
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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.