All scrape synonyms
scrape
S s verb scrape
- bang into β a loud, sudden, explosive noise, as the discharge of a gun.
- grooving β a long, narrow cut or indentation in a surface, as the cut in a board to receive the tongue of another board (tongue-and-groove joint) a furrow, or a natural indentation on an organism.
- edulcorate β to free from acids, salts, or impurities by washing; purify.
- ladling β a long-handled utensil with a cup-shaped bowl for dipping or conveying liquids.
- hackle β one of the long, slender feathers on the neck or saddle of certain birds, as the domestic rooster, much used in making artificial flies for anglers.
- deterge β to wash or wipe away; cleanse
- hulled β retaining the hull during threshing; having a persistent enclosing hull: hulled wheat.
- weeded β a valueless plant growing wild, especially one that grows on cultivated ground to the exclusion or injury of the desired crop.
- chafe β If your skin chafes or is chafed by something, it becomes sore as a result of something rubbing against it.
- dig out β to break up, turn over, or remove earth, sand, etc., as with a shovel, spade, bulldozer, or claw; make an excavation.
- bicker β When people bicker, they argue or quarrel about unimportant things.
- lay on β to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- comb β A comb is a flat piece of plastic or metal with narrow pointed teeth along one side, which you use to tidy your hair.
- claw β The claws of a bird or animal are the thin, hard, curved nails at the end of its feet.
- hit β to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- hulling β the hollow, lowermost portion of a ship, floating partially submerged and supporting the remainder of the ship.
- fine-comb β to use a fine-tooth comb on.
- hackles β one of the long, slender feathers on the neck or saddle of certain birds, as the domestic rooster, much used in making artificial flies for anglers.
- carded β a machine for combing and paralleling fibers of cotton, flax, wool, etc., prior to spinning to remove short, undesirable fibers and produce a sliver.
- hackling β Present participle of hackle.
- crosshatch β to shade or hatch (forms, figures, etc) with two or more sets of parallel lines that cross one another
- flour β the finely ground meal of grain, especially the finer meal separated by bolting.
- gall β (Pizi) 1840?β94, leader of the Hunkpapa Sioux: a major chief in the battle of Little Bighorn.
- comminute β to break (a bone) into several small fragments
- crosshatching β to mark or shade with two or more intersecting series of parallel lines.
- fall over β person: trip or slip
- abrade β To abrade something means to scrape or wear down its surface by rubbing it.
- mark down β a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise: a small mark on his arm.
- in flames β to kindle or excite (passions, desires, etc.).
- grate β a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- comminuted β pulverized; ground
noun scrape
- dent β If you dent the surface of something, you make a hollow area in it by hitting or pressing it.
- hot water β trouble; a predicament: His skipping classes will get him into real hot water when exam time comes.
- double bind β Psychology. a situation in which a person is given conflicting cues, especially by a parent, such that to obey one cue is to disobey the other.
- bafflement β Bafflement is the state of being baffled.
- worriment β the act or an instance of worrying; anxiety.
- crenel β any of a set of openings formed in the top of a wall or parapet and having slanting sides, as in a battlement
- embrasure β (architecture, military) Any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement.
- mess β a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
- demandingness β the quality of being demanding
- impasse β a position or situation from which there is no escape; deadlock.
- hard times β a period of difficulties or hardship.
- corner β A corner is a point or an area where two or more edges, sides, or surfaces of something join.
- abrasion β An abrasion is an area on a person's body where the skin has been scraped.
- meltdown β network meltdown
- lesion β an injury; hurt; wound.
- difficulty β the fact or condition of being difficult.
- needfulness β The property of being needful or necessary.
- escapade β An act or incident involving excitement, daring, or adventure.
- arduousness β requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult: an arduous undertaking.