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.
Over the past few years, we have, in our various guises, explored every avenue: we have scraped, scratched, seen potential purchasers and looked for orders.
A sample is taken, scraped on to a slide and examined through a microscope.
People scraped together to find the cash to buy these places at discounted rates, but now there is a question mark over their future.
It seems that the barrel has been scraped for arguments in trying to support the retention of this provision.
Many working men and old people have scraped and saved upon the monthly instalment system in order to purchase television sets.
On paper these figures add up arithmetically—my word, they have scraped the barrel!
He scraped the bottom of the barrel and could find only two out of those 35 which have given anything like freedom to the people.
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.
