scrape
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- n a harsh noise made by scraping
the scrape of violin bows distracted her - n an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
- n a deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility)
- n an indication of damage
- v scratch repeatedly
The cat scraped at the armchair - v make by scraping
They scraped a letter into the stone - v cut the surface of; wear away the surface of
- v bend the knees and bow in a servile manner
- v gather (money or other resources) together over time
She had scraped together enough money for college - v bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of
- Laurie Eggert, a police- union lawyer, said the three officers who responded found the boy highly intoxicated and attributed the bleeding to a scrape on the leg.
- Mead agrees, and notes that despite rules at California's maximum security Pelican Bay prison limiting prisoners' access to artist materials, art flourishes; prisoners scrape the .
- Isaac Berzin recently signed a $92 million contract to grow the stuff most people scrape out of their fish tanks.