scrape
[ skreyp ]
/ skreɪp /
verb (used with object), scraped, scrap·ing.
verb (used without object), scraped, scrap·ing.
noun
Origin of scrape
1350–1400; (verb) Middle English
scrapen, from Old Norse
skrapa (replacing Middle English
shrapen from Old English
scrapian “to scratch”); (cognate with Old Norse
skrapa); (noun) Middle English, derivative of the verb
OTHER WORDS FROM scrape
scrap·a·ble, adjective scrape·age, noun un·scraped, adjectiveWords nearby scrape
British Dictionary definitions for scrape
scrape
/ (skreɪp) /
verb
noun
Derived forms of scrape
scrapable, adjective scraper, nounWord Origin for scrape
Old English
scrapian; related to Old Norse
skrapa, Middle Dutch
schrapen, Middle High German
schraffen
Idioms and Phrases with scrape
scrape
see (scrape the) bottom of the barrel; bow and scrape; scare (scrape) up.