scraping

Speech parts

1. scraping - Noun

2. scraping - Adjective

3. scraping - Verb

Meaning

of Scrape

The act of scraping; the act or process of making even, or reducing to the proper form, by means of a scraper.

Something scraped off; that which is separated from a substance, or is collected by scraping; as, the scraping of the street.

Resembling the act of, or the effect produced by, one who, or that which, scrapes; as, a scraping noise; a scraping miser.

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Television is now so desperately hungry for material that they're scraping the top of the barrel. Gore Vidal

You're killing me because you want me to give a message to God for you?" Jace shook his head, the point of the blade scraping across his throat. "You're crazier than I thought. Cassandra Clare

Dear Joe The letter said The windows rattle without you, you bastard. The trees are the cause, rattling in the wind, you jerk, the wild scraping those leaves and twigs against my window. They'll keep on doing this, you terrible husband, and slowly wear away our entire apartment. Daniel Handler

The scraping subjects, ruled by fear, they told mewhiskey works better than beer. Elliott Smith

You're the outcast / You're the underclass / But you don't care / Because you're living fast You're the uninvited guest that stays to the end. I'll be scraping your life from the sole of my shoe tonight" Bring It On Down. Noel Gallagher

The scraping hen will get something; the crouching hen nothing. Danish Proverb

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