scrape

IPA: skrˈeɪp

A broad, shallow injury left by scraping (rather than a cut or a scratch).
(slang) A fight, especially a fistfight without weapons.
An awkward set of circumstances.
(Britain, slang) A D and C or abortion; or, a miscarriage.
A shallow depression used by ground birds as a nest; a nest scrape.
(military) A shallow pit dug as a hideout.
(UK, slang) A shave.
(uncountable, UK, slang, obsolete) Cheap butter.
(uncountable, UK, slang, obsolete) Butter laid on bread in the thinnest possible manner, as though laid on and scraped off again.
(heraldry) A diminutive of the bend (especially of the bend sinister) which is half its width.

(transitive, intransitive) To draw (an object, especially a sharp or angular one), along (something) while exerting pressure.
(transitive) To remove (something) by drawing an object along in this manner.
(transitive) To injure or damage by rubbing across a surface.
(transitive) To barely manage to achieve.
(transitive) To collect or gather, especially without regard to the quality of what is chosen.
(computing) To extract data by automated means from a format not intended to be machine-readable, such as a screenshot or a formatted web page.
(intransitive) To occupy oneself with getting laboriously.
(transitive, intransitive) To play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or similar instrument.
(intransitive) To draw back the right foot along the ground or floor when making a bow].
To express disapprobation of (a play, etc.) or to silence (a speaker) by drawing the feet back and forth upon the floor; usually with down.

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