to scrape
60
1.6
- verb
- /skreɪp/
:
rasparse
- I was holding onto one of the barrels so tightly that I scraped rust under my fingernails.
- a scraped knee
Jack, I thought Benji said she got scraped on the eyes.
- Jack, I thought Benji said she got scraped on the eyes.
- So don't be afraid to sort of hold your skin taut so you can scrape away at it better.
- And so for the rest of the trip she had this like bruise and like scraped up shoulder.
- And if you, if you mess with me, you're going to get scraped up.
- I was in the most pain that I've ever been in my life and I couldn't walk and I crawled, scraped my way to my parents room, had no idea what's going on.
- It is the lowest caste woman untouchable because so that she can come in, clean the cord, scrape the skin really hard because it's dirty.
- Whenever you have a friction with somebody, just scrape your skin somewhere.
- I mean, it's, it's getting a blowjob, but like there's no, there's no chance of teeth scraping your shit up, right?
Examples
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You scrape your knee, or are you scared for a race?
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A week before, she had scraped her right knee in a fall from her bike.
Fiction book (1992) -
It's a pretty badly scraped face.
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A boy is riding his bike, and he falls and scrapes his knee.
Academic text (2008) -
Two of the boys had rolled and were holding their scraped shins and crying.
Fiction book (1990) -
On the street, a neighbor was scraping frost from a car windshield.
Fiction book (1990) -
Runners occasionally take spills that produce far worse injuries than a scraped knee or a twisted ankle.
Academic text (2010) -
Be careful not to scrape your skin on the rough surface of the table.
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After falling off his bike, he had to clean the scrape on his arm carefully.
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If you scrape your knee, make sure to wash it well to prevent infection.
Synonyms
31
3.7
Scrape the skin slightly and make a small wound
5
5.6
To make skin sore by rubbing
4
3.0
To scrape and damage the outer surface of the body by rubbing or falling
1
3.5
Make small cuts or marks on a surface by rubbing it
To scrape a surface firmly to remove paint or rust
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
3
7.5
Use the least good options because nothing better is left
Phrasal Verbs
How Severe
Surface Forms
Etymology
Scrape started with the basic idea of rubbing or scraping a surface, the same idea behind the word scratch, so to scrape your skin is to rub it against something rough and cause a small injury.