scrape
English
/skɹeɪp/
verb
Definitions
- (ambitransitive) To draw (an object, especially a sharp or angular one), along (something) while exerting pressure.
- (transitive) To remove (something) by drawing an object along in this manner.
- (transitive) To injure or damage by rubbing across a surface.
- (transitive) To barely manage to achieve.
- (transitive) To collect or gather, especially without regard to the quality of what is chosen.
- (computing) To extract data by automated means from a format not intended to be machine-readable, such as a screenshot or a formatted web page.
- (intransitive) To occupy oneself with getting laboriously.
- (ambitransitive) To play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or similar instrument.
- To draw back the right foot along the ground or floor when making a bow.
- To express disapprobation of (a play, etc.) or to silence (a speaker) by drawing the feet back and forth upon the floor; usually with down.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English scrapen borrowed from Old Norse skrapa (scratch, scrape) inherited from Old English scrapian (scrape, scratch) inherited from Proto-Germanic *skrapōną (scratch, scrape) derived from Proto-Indo-European *skreb- (engrave).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*skreb-
Gloss
engrave
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bescrape English
- bootscraper English
- by English
- cloudscraper English
- earthscraper English
- endscraper English
- gut English
- leafscraper English
- outscrape English
- rescrape English
- scrape by English
- scrapeable English
- scrapegut English
- scrapeless English
- scraper English
- scraperboard English
- scrapest English
- scrapeth English
- scrapie English
- scraping English
- scrapingly English
- scrapy English
- seascraper English
- sidescraper English
- skyscraper English
- skyscraping English
- spacescraper English
- scribere Latin
- scribō Latin
- schraapzucht Dutch, Flemish
- schrapen Dutch, Flemish
- schraper Dutch, Flemish
- скрепер Russian
- *(s)ker- Proto-Indo-European
- *skreb- Proto-Indo-European
- skrape Norwegian Bokmål
- *skrapōną Proto-Germanic
- scrapian Old English
- outscrapen Middle English
- scrapen Middle English
- scrapinge Middle English
- skrap Old Norse
- skrapa Old Norse
- schrapen Middle Dutch
- scerf Old High German
- scharben Middle High German
- scriu Aromanian