Bible Dictionaries
Scrape

Webster's Dictionary

Search for…

Enter query below:

or

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Prev Entry
Scrapbook

Next Entry
Scraped

Resource Toolbox

Print Article

Additional Links

Dictionaries
King James Dictionary
• Scraped
• Scrape
Webster Dictionary
• Scraping
• Scraped
• Scrape
Lexicons
• גָּרַד
• סָחָה
• קָצָה
•   (only first 3 shown)

(1):

(n.) 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.

(2):

(v. i.) To draw back the right foot along the ground or floor when making a bow.

(3):

(v. i.) To play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or like instrument.

(4):

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

(5):

(n.) 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.

(6):

(v. i.) 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.

(7):

(v. t.) 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.

(8):

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

(9):

(v. t.) 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.

(10):

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

(11):

(v. t.) 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.