Synonym: brush, complication, embarrassment, grate, graze, mess, muddle, pinch, plight, predicament, rub, skim, strait, trouble. Similar words: scrape out, scrap, rape, grape, trapezoid, grapefruit, scrawl, scratch. Meaning: [skreɪp] n. 1. a harsh noise made by scraping 2. an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off 3. a deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility) 4. an indication of damage. v. 1. scratch repeatedly 2. make by scraping 3. cut the surface of; wear away the surface of 4. bend the knees and bow in a servile manner 5. gather (money or other resources) together over time 6. bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of.
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91. Also, the engineers with their bulldozers would come through and scrape it out.
92. A shrill whistle could be discerned, audible above the scrape and screech of the music.
93. I'll have to scrape the ice off the windscreen before we set off.
94. She started to scrape again with the shard of pottery.
95. Why, in a day, he could scrape up that split linoleum, then lay down tiles as shiny as glass.
96. The sharp rocks, or moraine, which were stuck in the glaciers caused them to scrape out the valleys much deeper.
97. It was filthy with the scrape of asphalt and tire marks.
98. You'll need to scrape the windshield - it's covered in ice.
99. Although a primitive recording programme was in progress, the company evidently had to scrape the bottom of the barrel for material.
100. Process until very finely chopped, scrape down sides when necessary.
101. But as the years went by, it could never scrape together the money to put in a swimming pool.
102. Now came the scrape of metal as Mrs Arkaday shook the sputtering fry pan back and forth over the burner.
103. Blot up any excess, using white absorbent paper or scrape off with a palette knife.
104. She chose the cooker and began to scrape its insides with wire wool.
105. The aim is to cut costs enough to scrape through today's recession.
106. She got up with a scrape of her chair, collecting plates from a table nearby, adding totals on her pad.
107. They cobble workings together from whatever they can scrape up.
108. But, today, she gave almost pious attention to every scrape of the slate pencil.
109. There was only just room to scrape through between the roots of the tree and the edge.
110. Servants bow and scrape. Khaki shorts replaced by abrasive long trousers for the evening.
111. Its folded wings were nevertheless still wide enough to scrape the wall on both sides of the room.
112. Having led sheltered lives in the North,(sentencedict.com) they had never had to scrape to get ahead.
113. Scrape mixture into a 2-quart baking dish and bake for 30 minutes, or until browned and bubbly at the edges.
114. If you scrape your foot on the pavement you can make shiny black marks, like slugs make.
115. After some persuasion on his part he managed to scrape together four reluctant nominees.
116. This is the trade-off necessary to get permission to scrape off the barnacles.
117. You're just a piece of shit and if I stepped on you I'd scrape you off my shoe.
118. So one can only surmise that this rather authoritarian sign is aimed at people whose knuckles scrape the tarmac.
119. He felt the blade of the open razor scrape against the back of his neck and again on his forehead.
120. From down the hall came the sound of tinkling silverware and the scrape of a chair being settled in its place.