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Latest revision as of 00:23, 3 May 2013 Wikipedia English [edit] Etymology [edit] From Middle English scrapen, from Old Norse skrapa ("to scrape, scratch") and Old English scrapian ("to scrape, scratch"), both from Proto-Germanic *skrapōnan, *skrepanan ("to scrape, scratch"), from Proto-Indo-European *skreb-, *skrep- ("to engrave"). Cognate with Dutch schrapen ("to scrape"), German schrappen ("to scrape"), Danish skrabe ("to scrape"), Icelandic skrapa ("to scrape"), Walloon screper ("to scrape"), Latin scribō ("dig with a pen, draw, write"). Pronunciation [edit] scrape (third-person singular simple present scrapes, present participle scraping, simple past and past participle scraped) - To draw an object, especially a sharp or angular one, along (something) while exerting pressure.
- Her fingernails scraped across the blackboard, making a shrill sound.
- 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.
- I scraped a pass in the exam.
- (computing) To extract data embedded in a screenshot or formatted medium (such as an HTML web page) by means of an automated program.
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Synonyms [edit] Derived terms [edit] terms derived from scrape (verb) Translations [edit] draw an object along while exerting pressure - Armenian: քերել (hy) (kʿerel)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 刮 (cmn) (guā), 擦 (cmn) (cā), 刮削 (cmn) (guāxiāo)
- Czech: škrábat (cs)
- Estonian: kriipima (et), kraapima (et), kraapama (et), kraapsima (et)
- Finnish: raaputtaa (fi)
- French: gratter (fr)
- German: abkratzen (de), kratzen (de), schaben (de), scharren (de), schrammen (de)
- Italian: grattare (it), graffiare (it)
- Japanese: 削る (ja) (けずる, kezuru), 擦る (ja) (こする, kosuru)
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cause to be in a certain state by scraping scrape (plural scrapes) - 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.
- A fight; especially a fist fight 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.
- (UK, slang) A D and C or abortion; or, a miscarriage.
- 1972, in U.S. Senate Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act and Other Internal Security Laws, Abuse of psychiatry for political repression in the Soviet Union. Hearing, Ninety-second Congress, second session, United States Government Printing Office, page 127,
- It's quite possible, in view of the diagnosis 'danger of miscarriage', that they might drag me off, give me a scrape and then say that the miscarriage began itself.
- 1980, John Cobb, Babyshock: A Mother's First Five Years, Hutchinson, page 232,
- In expert hands abortion nowadays is almost the same as having a scrape (D & C) and due to improved techniques such as suction termination, and improved lighter anaesthetic, most women feel no worse than having a tooth out.
- 1985, Beverley Raphael, The Anatomy of Bereavement: a handbook for the caring professions, Routledge, ISBN 0415094542, page 236,
- The loss is significant to the woman and will be stated as such by her. For her it is not "nothing," "just a scrape," or "not a life." It is the beginning of a baby. Years later, she may recall it not just as a miscarriage but also as a baby that was lost.
- 1999, David Jenkins, Listening to Gynaecological Patients\ Problems, Springer, ISBN 1852331097, page 16,
- 17.Have you had a scrape or curettage recently?
- A shallow depression used by ground birds as a nest; a nest scrape.
- 1948, in Behaviour: An International Journal of Comparative Ethology, E. J. Brill, page 103,
- We knew from U. Weidmann's work (1956) that Black-headed Gulls could be prevented from laying by offering them eggs on the empty scrape veil before […]
- 2000, Charles A. Taylor, The Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia, Kingfisher Publications, ISBN 0753452693, page 85,
- The plover lays its eggs in a scrape on the ground. ¶ […] ¶ Birds' nests can be little more than a scrape in the ground or a delicate structure of plant material, mud, and saliva.
- 2006, Les Beletsky, Birds of the World, Johns Hopkins University Press, ISBN 0801884292, page 95,
- Turkey females place their eggs in a shallow scrape in a hidden spot on the ground. Young are born ready to leave the nest and feed themselves (eating insects for their first few weeks).
Synonyms [edit] - (injury): abrasion, graze
- (fight): altercation, brawl, fist fight, fight, fisticuffs, punch-up, scuffle
- (awkward set of circumstances): bind, fix, mess, pickle
- See also Wikisaurus:injury
Quotations [edit] - 2001, Carolyn Cooke, The Bostons, Houghton Mifflin Books, ISBN 0618017682, page 172–173,
- He could hear deer moo in the woods, smell their musk, spot a scrape in a birch tree twenty feet away.
- 2005, Dragan Vujic, Hunting Farm Country Whitetails, iUniverse, ISBN 0595359841, page 58,
- Female whitetails periodically investigate scrapes created by specific bucks. As the doe approaches estrus and becomes receptive to breeding, she will urinate in a scrape as a sharp signal to the buck that she is ready for him.
Translations [edit] awkward set of circumstances Derived terms [edit] Anagrams [edit]
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