What part of speech is scrape?

Scrape can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. scrape is a verb, present, 1st person singular of scrape (infinitive).
  • 2. scrape is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. scrape is a noun, singular of scrapes.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does scrape mean?

Definitions

Verb

scrape - bend the knees and bow in a servile manner
scrape - scratch repeatedly; "The cat scraped at the armchair"
scrape - gather (money or other resources) together over time; "She had scraped together enough money for college"; "they scratched a meager living"
scrape - make by scraping; "They scraped a letter into the stone"
scrape - cut the surface of; wear away the surface of
scrape - bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of; "The boy skinned his knee when he fell"

Noun

scrape - a deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility); "all that bowing and scraping did not impress him"
scrape - a harsh noise made by scraping; "the scrape of violin bows distracted her"
scrape - an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
scrape - an indication of damage

Examples of scrape

#   Sentence  
1. noun The scrape of violin bows distracted her.
2. noun I managed to get out of the scrape.
3. noun We are in a pretty scrape!
4. verb Recently, I read an email that reported the horrific nightmare Civet Cats go through by sick losers who put them in sheds and heat the inside of the sheds up to 110 degrees with fires, so that they can periodically scrape the sweat off of their genitals and sell it to corrupt corporations who use it to prolong the scent of perfumes.
5. verb Would you scrape that rusty pan?
6. verb Please scrape the skin off the potatoes.
7. verb Don't scrape your chair on the floor.
8. verb Students, by working part time, are able to scrape up tuition fees by themselves.
9. verb I sold my house and furniture, together with my jewelry, in order to scrape together a half a million.
10. verb If you scrape off a bit under the layer of old man, there is still a child.
11. verb The sailor plumbed the shallow water with a weighted rope, and the ship's keel did not scrape the rocky sea-bed.
12. verb The famous white-sand beaches of Hawaii, for example, actually come from the poop of parrotfish. The fish bite and scrape algae off of rocks and dead corals with their parrot-like beaks, grind up the inedible calcium-carbonate reef material (made mostly of coral skeletons) in their guts, and then excrete it as sand.
13. verb I can barely scrape by on what I'm making now.
14. verb I make just enough to scrape by.
15. verb Yanni needs to scrape up that resin.
16. verb Yanni needs to scrape the resin.
17. verb Yanni needs to scrape the resin with a razor blade at a ninety degree angle.
18. verb Yanni used a safety razor to scrape off the resin on his windshield.
Sentence  
noun
The scrape of violin bows distracted her.
I managed to get out of the scrape.
We are in a pretty scrape!
verb
Recently, I read an email that reported the horrific nightmare Civet Cats go through by sick losers who put them in sheds and heat the inside of the sheds up to 110 degrees with fires, so that they can periodically scrape the sweat off of their genitals and sell it to corrupt corporations who use it to prolong the scent of perfumes.
Would you scrape that rusty pan?
Please scrape the skin off the potatoes.
Don't scrape your chair on the floor.
Students, by working part time, are able to scrape up tuition fees by themselves.
I sold my house and furniture, together with my jewelry, in order to scrape together a half a million.
If you scrape off a bit under the layer of old man, there is still a child.
The sailor plumbed the shallow water with a weighted rope, and the ship's keel did not scrape the rocky sea-bed.
The famous white-sand beaches of Hawaii, for example, actually come from the poop of parrotfish. The fish bite and scrape algae off of rocks and dead corals with their parrot-like beaks, grind up the inedible calcium-carbonate reef material (made mostly of coral skeletons) in their guts, and then excrete it as sand.
I can barely scrape by on what I'm making now.
I make just enough to scrape by.
Yanni needs to scrape up that resin.
Yanni needs to scrape the resin.
Yanni needs to scrape the resin with a razor blade at a ninety degree angle.
Yanni used a safety razor to scrape off the resin on his windshield.

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