A scrape is an injury or mark that happens when your skin gets scratched or rubbed against something.
When someone scrapes their knee, it means they got hurt and now have a sore spot. This can happen easily if you're playing outside and fall down on rough ground. But "scrape" also has other uses - for example, if you scrape the bottom of a pot with a spoon, that means you're getting rid of stuck-on food. Some people even use scrapers to remove old paint from walls or furniture.
How common is "scrape"?
Word scrape is considered uncommon in modern English. It has a balanced usage among all categories: speech, fiction, newspapers and academic texts.
Definitions
noun
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.
A shallow depression used by ground birds as a nest; a nest scrape.
A shallow pit dug as a hideout.
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verb
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.
To collect or gather, especially without regard to the quality of what is chosen.
Example: Just use whatever you can scrape together.
To extract data by automated means from a format not intended to be machine-readable, such as a screenshot or a formatted web page.
To occupy oneself with getting laboriously.
Example: He scraped and saved until he became rich.
To play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or similar instrument.
To draw back the right foot along the ground or floor when making a bow.
To express disapprobation of (a play, etc.) or to silence (a speaker) by drawing the feet back and forth upon the floor; usually with down.
