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, adjective

British Dictionary definitions for scrape

scrape
/ (skreɪp) /

verb

noun

Derived forms of scrape

scrapable, adjective scraper, noun

Word 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.