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All scrape synonyms

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verb scrape

  • elutriate — Separate (lighter and heavier particles in a mixture) by suspension in an upward flow of liquid or gas.
  • lay it on — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
  • gouge — a chisel having a partly cylindrical blade with the bevel on either the concave or the convex side.
  • bailing — Also, bailer. a bucket, dipper, or other container used for bailing.
  • contused — Simple past tense and past participle of contuse.
  • make up to — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
  • ladled — a long-handled utensil with a cup-shaped bowl for dipping or conveying liquids.
  • absterge — to wipe clean or cleanse
  • chirr — (esp of certain insects, such as crickets) to make a shrill trilled sound
  • brush — A brush is an object which has a large number of bristles or hairs fixed to it. You use brushes for painting, for cleaning things, and for tidying your hair.
  • clean up — If you clean up a mess or clean up a place where there is a mess, you make things tidy and free of dirt again.
  • grind — to wear, smooth, or sharpen by abrasion or friction; whet: to grind a lens.
  • jollies — in good spirits; lively; merry: In a moment he was as jolly as ever.
  • buddy up — comrade or chum (often used as a term of address).
  • contuse — to injure (the body) without breaking the skin; bruise
  • glance — to look quickly or briefly.
  • wear — to carry or have on the body or about the person as a covering, equipment, ornament, or the like: to wear a coat; to wear a saber; to wear a disguise.

noun scrape

  • cropper — a person who cultivates or harvests a crop
  • quagmire — an area of miry or boggy ground whose surface yields under the tread; a bog.
  • in-convenience — the quality or state of being inconvenient.
  • deep water — having, requiring, or operating in deep water: deepwater shipping; deepwater drilling for oil.
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