1. scrape - Noun
2. scrape - Verb
To rub over the surface of (something) with a sharp or rough instrument; to rub over with something that roughens by removing portions of the surface; to grate harshly over; to abrade; to make even, or bring to a required condition or form, by moving the sharp edge of an instrument breadthwise over the surface with pressure, cutting away excesses and superfluous parts; to make smooth or clean; as, to scrape a bone with a knife; to scrape a metal plate to an even surface.
To remove by rubbing or scraping (in the sense above).
To collect by, or as by, a process of scraping; to gather in small portions by laborious effort; hence, to acquire avariciously and save penuriously; -- often followed by together or up; as, to scrape money together.
To express disapprobation of, as a play, or to silence, as a speaker, by drawing the feet back and forth upon the floor; -- usually with down.
To rub over the surface of anything with something which roughens or removes it, or which smooths or cleans it; to rub harshly and noisily along.
To occupy one's self with getting laboriously; as, he scraped and saved until he became rich.
To play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or like instrument.
To draw back the right foot along the ground or floor when making a bow.
The act of scraping; also, the effect of scraping, as a scratch, or a harsh sound; as, a noisy scrape on the floor; a scrape of a pen.
A drawing back of the right foot when bowing; also, a bow made with that accompaniment.
A disagreeable and embarrassing predicament out of which one can not get without undergoing, as it were, a painful rubbing or scraping; a perplexity; a difficulty.
Source: Webster's dictionaryYou can't have this kind of war. There just aren't enough bulldozers to scrape the bodies off the streets. Dwight D. Eisenhower
England has the most sordid literary scene I've ever seen. They all meet in the same pub. This guy's writing a foreword for this person. They all have to give radio programs, they have to do all this just to scrape by. They're all scratching each other's backs. William S. Burroughs
I got in trouble with the police, and that was a rude awakening. That was it. I'd seen the bottom of the pit, and it was time to scrape myself out of it. Bryan Adams
He is your friend who gets you out of a scrape. Portuguese Proverb
It is a bad hen can't scrape for herself. Irish Proverb
He is a proud Tod that will not scrape his own Hole. Scottish Proverb