Meaning of Scrape | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A broad, shallow injury left by scraping (rather than a cut or a scratch).
   countable, uncountable
2. The sound or action of something being scraped.
   countable, uncountable
3. Something removed by being scraped; a thin layer of something such as butter on bread.
   countable, uncountable
4. A fight, especially a fistfight without weapons.
   countable, slang, uncountable
5. An awkward set of circumstances.
   countable, uncountable
6. A D and C or abortion; or, a miscarriage.
   British, countable, slang, uncountable
7. A shallow depression used by ground birds as a nest; a nest scrape.
   countable, uncountable
8. A shallow pit dug as a hideout.
   countable, uncountable
9. A shave.
   UK, countable, slang, uncountable
10. Cheap butter.
    UK, obsolete, slang, uncountable
11. Butter laid on bread in the thinnest possible manner, as though laid on and scraped off again.
    UK, obsolete, slang, uncountable
12. A diminutive of the bend (especially of the bend sinister) which is half its width.
    countable, uncountable
13. An intermittent shallow pond in a wetland or floodplain, often artificially created to attract birds.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“He fell on the sidewalk and got a scrape on his knee.”

“For a long while, the only sounds in the café were the scrapes of forks against old white plates and occasional slurps from coffee mugs.”

“The scrape of the plate against the stone woke him, and he looked across to find Isocrates there, replacing the food.”

“I summon all my strength to make the shapes. Letter by painful letter we scrawl together. My mum follows each scrape of the pen with rapt anticipation.”

“A little solace came at tea time, in the shape of a double ration of bread—a whole, instead of a half-slice—with the delicious addition of a thin scrape of butter: […]”

“Or I could make a cup of tea and sit on the toilet with it – now we’re talking! And what about some toast and that last scrape of Marmite I hid…”

“He got in a scrape with the school bully.”

“I'm in a bit of a scrape — I've no money to buy my wife a birthday present.”

“Stuart made us all laugh - his mischievous stories were told throughout his career and in later days featured some very senior politicians and railway managers. He certainly got into many scrapes over the years.”

“1972, in U.S. Senate Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act and Other Internal Security Laws, Abuse of psychiatry for political repression in the Soviet Union. Hearing, Ninety-second Congress, second session, United States Government Printing Office, page 127, It’s quite possible, in view of the diagnosis ‘danger of miscarriage’, that they might drag me off, give me a scrape and then say that the miscarriage began itself.”

“In expert hands abortion nowadays is almost the same as having a scrape (D & C) and due to improved techniques such as suction termination, and improved lighter anaesthetic, most women feel no worse than having a tooth out.”

“The loss is significant to the woman and will be stated as such by her. For her it is not “nothing,” “just a scrape,” or “not a life.” It is the beginning of a baby. Years later, she may recall it not just as a miscarriage but also as a baby that was lost.”

“17.Have you had a scrape or curettage recently?”

“We knew from U. Weidmann’s work (1956) that Black-headed Gulls could be prevented from laying by offering them eggs on the empty scrape veil before […]”

“The plover lays its eggs in a scrape on the ground. ¶ […] ¶ Birds’ nests can be little more than a scrape in the ground or a delicate structure of plant material, mud, and saliva.”

“Turkey females place their eggs in a shallow scrape in a hidden spot on the ground. Young are born ready to leave the nest and feed themselves (eating insects for their first few weeks).”

“In between rounds, he dug a scrape for himself with his entrenching tool.”

“A'm goin to the barber's for a scrape.”

““Got a nice bit of haddock for tonight. Thought I might do it with a poached egg, bit of pepper, bread and scrape””

“Alternative form: scarpe”

“16. Azure, a Scrape Argent. 17. Gules, a Battune Argent.”

“Azure, a Scrape Or.”

“Argent, a scrape purpure.”

“(A variant blazon would be: Argent, three scrapes enhanced gules.)”

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