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strike against an object, as of one's toe or foot

bend the knees and bow in a servile manner

scratch repeatedly; "The cat scraped at the armchair"

a harsh noise made by scraping; "the scrape of violin bows distracted her"

cut the surface of; wear away the surface of

bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of; "The boy skinned his knee when he fell"

bend the knees and bow in a servile manner

scratch repeatedly; "The cat scraped at the armchair"

a harsh noise made by scraping; "the scrape of violin bows distracted her"

cut the surface of; wear away the surface of

bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of; "The boy skinned his knee when he fell"

gather (money or other resources) together over time; "She had scraped together enough money for college"

make by scraping; "They scraped a letter into the stone"

To rub over the surface of (something) with a sharp or rough instrument; to rub over with something that roughens by removing portions of the surface; to grate harshly over; to abrade; to make even, or bring to a required condition or form, by moving the sharp edge of an instrument breadthwise over the surface with pressure, cutting away excesses and superfluous parts; to make smooth or clean; as, to scrape a bone with a knife; to scrape a metal plate to an even surface.

To remove by rubbing or scraping (in the sense above).

To rub over the surface of anything with something which roughens or removes it, or which smooths or cleans it; to rub harshly and noisily along.

To occupy one's self with getting laboriously; as, he scraped and saved until he became rich.

To play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or like instrument.

The act of scraping; also, the effect of scraping, as a scratch, or a harsh sound; as, a noisy scrape on the floor; a scrape of a pen.

A drawing back of the right foot when bowing; also, a bow made with that accompaniment.

A disagreeable and embarrassing predicament out of which one can not get without undergoing, as it were, a painful rubbing or scraping; a perplexity; a difficulty.

To collect by, or as by, a process of scraping; to gather in small portions by laborious effort; hence, to acquire avariciously and save penuriously; - often followed by together or up; as, to scrape money together.

To express disapprobation of, as a play, or to silence, as a speaker, by drawing the feet back and forth upon the floor; - usually with down.

To rub over the surface of (something) with a sharp or rough instrument; to rub over with something that roughens by removing portions of the surface; to grate harshly over; to abrade; to make even, or bring to a required condition or form, by moving the sharp edge of an instrument breadthwise over the surface with pressure, cutting away excesses and superfluous parts; to make smooth or clean; as, to scrape a bone with a knife; to scrape a metal plate to an even surface.

To remove by rubbing or scraping (in the sense above).

To rub over the surface of anything with something which roughens or removes it, or which smooths or cleans it; to rub harshly and noisily along.

To occupy one's self with getting laboriously; as, he scraped and saved until he became rich.

To play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or like instrument.

The act of scraping; also, the effect of scraping, as a scratch, or a harsh sound; as, a noisy scrape on the floor; a scrape of a pen.

A drawing back of the right foot when bowing; also, a bow made with that accompaniment.

A disagreeable and embarrassing predicament out of which one can not get without undergoing, as it were, a painful rubbing or scraping; a perplexity; a difficulty.

To collect by, or as by, a process of scraping; to gather in small portions by laborious effort; hence, to acquire avariciously and save penuriously; - often followed by together or up; as, to scrape money together.

To express disapprobation of, as a play, or to silence, as a speaker, by drawing the feet back and forth upon the floor; - usually with down.

To draw over harshly or gratingly; rub or scratch with something sharp; clean by rubbing with something sharp or rough; remove by, or as by, rasping or grating; followed by out, from, etc.; gather or accumulate in small amounts, with effort, as savings.

To rub something gratingly; to save money by being economical; bow by awkwardly drawing back the foot.

The act, noise, or effect of harsh rubbing or grating; a difficulty.

Scraper.

To make a harsh or grating noise on: to rub with something sharp: to remove by drawing a sharp edge over: to collect by laborious effort: to save penuriously.

A perplexing situation: difficulty.

To rub or abrade with something sharp; grate; collect laboriously.

To scratch with a hard surface or edge, or remove by such process.

To draw together little by little; economize.

The act or effect of scraping.

A predicament.

A rubbing; the sound of the foot drawn over the floor; a bow; difficulty; perplexity.

To rub with something sharp or rough; to clean by scraping; to remove by scraping; to gather laboriously by small gains or savings.

To make a harsh noise; to play awkwardly on the violin; to make an awkward bow. To scrape acquaintance, to make one's self acquainted.

To rub or clean the surface of a thing with something rough, sharp, or edged; to collect or gather; to erase or rub out; to act on a surface so as to produce a grating noise; to make a noise by drawing the feet backwards and forwards upon the floor; to make an awkward bow.

A situation of difficulty, perplexity, or distress.

n. A rubbing over with something harsh; hence, the effect produced by rubbing, as of a scraping instrument, of the foot, &c.,an obsequious bow;—a difficulty; awkward predicament; a mess.