Definition of: scrape

(skrāp) v. scraped, scrap·ing v.t.
1. To rub, as with something rough or sharp, so as to abrade or to remove an outer layer or adherent matter.
2. To remove thus: with off, away, etc.
3. To rub (a rough or sharp object) across a surface.
4. To rub roughly across or against (a surface).
5. To dig or form by scratching or scraping.
6. To gather or accumulate with effort or difficulty; usually with up or together.
—v.i.
7. To scrape something.
8. To rub with a grating noise.
9. To emit or produce a grating noise.
10. To draw the foot backward along the ground in bowing: to bow and scrape.
11. To manage or get along with difficulty.
12. To be very or overly economical.
—to scrape acquaintance To make acquaintance without an introduction.
—noun
1. The act or effect of scraping; also, the noise made by scraping.
2. A difficult situation; predicament.
3. A scraping or drawing back of the foot in bowing. [Prob. fusion of OE scrapian and ON skrapa scrape, erase]