0 past simple and past participle of scrape
1 to remove an unwanted covering or a top layer from something, especially using a sharp edge or something rough:
2 to (cause to) rub against a surface so that slight damage or an unpleasant noise is produced:
3 to succeed in getting or achieving something, but with difficulty or by a very small amount:
Her grades weren't great, but she scraped into university.
We now have a majority of 177, but we could possibly have scraped through with the majority of 175 that we had before.
Having scraped together some kind of business they, in turn, can take on apprentices.
There will be few further receipts from privatisation: the barrel has been fairly well scraped.
She made the butter very soft, she spread it on, and then she scraped it off.
How many officers have they scraped in since 15 months ago?
Some people scraped together enough money to buy an artificial limb.
It applies most harshly to decent old people who have scraped and saved all their lives.
There are no large businesses left that have not already been scraped clean of any charity that they could afford through previous begging bowl efforts.