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# scrape

«scrape» in Mova's school dictionary: **to rub something with a hard or sharp edge to remove…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (scrape, scrapes, scraped, scraping); noun (a scrape, scrapes)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To scrape means to rub something with a hard or sharp edge to remove something, like mud from shoes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scrape/#m1)

2) To scrape means to hurt your skin by rubbing it on something rough. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scrape/#m2)

3) A scrape is a small injury like that, or a scratching sound. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scrape/#m3)

4) A scrape is also a difficult situation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scrape/#m4)

5) To scrape through means to only just pass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scrape/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In first-aid lessons a scrape (graze) is cleaned with water and covered; in stories characters get into scrapes. Phrases: «scrape off», «scrape your knee», «get into a scrape», «scrape through», «scrape together».

### examples

- I fell and scraped my knee. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scrape/#x1)
- Scrape the mud off your boots. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scrape/#x2)
- Dad scraped the ice off the car window. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scrape/#x3)
- She scraped through her test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scrape/#x4)
- The boys got into a scrape with the farmer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scrape/#x5)
- We scraped together enough money for a present. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scrape/#x6)
- The chair scraped loudly on the floor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scrape/#x7)
- Then get down, and scrape off the foam with a knife. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scrape/#x8)

### note

Regular verb. A scrape = a graze (UK). Wash a scrape with clean water, then cover it. Trap: scrapped (thrown away, from scrap) vs scraped (rubbed, from scrape).

### In the corpora

- [A snail eats with a ribbon covered in thousands of tiny teeth that scrapes food like a file.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/217-worms-snails-and-slugs/13/)
- [He dug up his tunnel: «he scraped and scratched and scrabbled and scrooged», muttering to himself «Up we go!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/25-willows-ch1-part1-the-mole-meets-the-river/14/)
- [A bee stinger should be scraped out quickly, because it keeps pumping venom for a short while.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/24-bees-and-wasps/12/)
- [A lost toy, a broken game or a small scrape is not an emergency.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/36-calling-emergency-services/22/)
- [Before stacking plates, scrape the leftovers into the bin or the food caddy, a small bin just for food scraps.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/111-chores-and-broken-things/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «scrape» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scrape/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.