v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Scraped p. pr. & vb. n. Scraping. ] [ Icel. skrapa; akin to Sw. skrapa, Dan. skrabe, D. schrapen, schrabben, G. schrappen, and prob. to E. sharp. ] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To remove by rubbing or scraping (in the sense above). [ 1913 Webster ]

I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock. Ezek. xxvi. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The prelatical party complained that, to swell a number the nonconformists did not choose, but scrape, subscribers. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. 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. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

To scrape acquaintance, to seek acquaintance otherwise than by an introduction. Farquhar. [ 1913 Webster ]

He tried to scrape acquaintance with her, but failed ignominiously. G. W. Cable. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To occupy one's self with getting laboriously; as, he scraped and saved until he became rich. “[ Spend ] their scraping fathers' gold.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or like instrument. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To draw back the right foot along the ground or floor when making a bow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A drawing back of the right foot when bowing; also, a bow made with that accompaniment. H. Spencer. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The too eager pursuit of this his old enemy through thick and thin has led him into many of these scrapes. Bp. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who gathers and hoards money in trifling sums; a miser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. An instrument with which anything is scraped. Specifically: (a) An instrument by which the soles of shoes are cleaned from mud and the like, by drawing them across it. (b) An instrument drawn by oxen or horses, used for scraping up earth in making or repairing roads, digging cellars, canals etc. (c) (Naut.) An instrument having two or three sharp sides or edges, for cleaning the planks, masts, or decks of a ship. (d) (Lithography) In the printing press, a board, or blade, the edge of which is made to rub over the tympan sheet and thus produce the impression. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who scrapes. Specifically: (a) One who plays awkwardly on a violin. (b) One who acquires avariciously and saves penuriously. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (a) (Naut.) (1) A skysail of a triangular form. [ Rare ] (2) A name for the one of the fancy sails alleged to have been sometimes set above the skysail. [ Obs. ] (b) A very tall building, especially one over 20 stories high. (c) Hence, anything usually large, high, or excessive. [ Slang or Colloq. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]