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# scraping

«scraping» in Mova's school dictionary: **pulling something hard or sharp across a surface, often…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) Scraping means pulling something hard or sharp across a surface, often to remove something: scraping mud off your boots. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scraping/#m1)

2) Scraping is also the rough, harsh sound this makes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scraping/#m2)

3) Scraping means hurting your skin by rubbing it on something rough: scraping your knee. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scraping/#m3)

4) Scrapings are the small bits that come off when you scrape something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scraping/#m4)

5) Scraping (by, through) means only just managing: scraping through a test, scraping by on little money. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scraping/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

Everyday life: scraping ice off a car window, scraping plates into the bin, scraping a knee in the playground. In science, scraping can collect a sample, like scraping cells from inside your cheek to look at under a microscope. In stories, the scraping of a chair or a door makes things tense. Phrases: «scraping by», «scrape through», «scraping the barrel» (using the last, worst things left), «bowing and scraping» (being too polite to someone important).

### examples

- Dad is scraping the ice off the windscreen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scraping/#x1)
- I heard a scraping sound under the floorboards. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scraping/#x2)
- She fell off her scooter, scraping both knees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scraping/#x3)
- We are scraping the last bits of cake mix from the bowl. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scraping/#x4)
- The scientist looked at the scrapings under a microscope. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scraping/#x5)
- He is only just scraping through in maths this term. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scraping/#x6)
- Stop scraping your chair on the floor! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scraping/#x7)
- The family is scraping by on one small wage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scraping/#x8)
- The folk were just sitting down to their soup, and the goodwife scraping the pot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scraping/#x9)

### note

Spelling: scrape loses its e before -ing: scraping (not scrapeing). Past: scraped. Do not confuse with «scrapping» (double p, from scrap = to throw away or fight). «Scraped knee» is a minor injury: clean it and cover it.

### Trees and pragmatics

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