scrape Význam & definícia

Význam scrape v slovenčine

• 0 to remove an unwanted covering or a top layer from something, especially using a sharp edge or something rough:

  • [ + obj + adj ] Scrape your boots clean before you come in.

  • We'll have to scrape the snow off the car before we go out in it.

  • Emily scraped away the dead leaves to reveal the tiny shoot of a new plant.

• 1 to (cause to) rub against a surface so that slight damage or an unpleasant noise is produced:

  • Jackie fell over and scraped her knee (on the pavement).

  • I was woken up by the noise of branches scraping against my bedroom window.

• 2 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.

• 3 to get data from a website, etc., using a special computer program:

  • Twitter is a veritable playground for data scientists looking to scrape and analyze public data.

  • Millions of Flickr photos were scraped to train facial recognition software.

• 4 a difficult or slightly dangerous situation that you cause by your own silly behaviour:

  • She's always getting into silly scrapes - I wish she'd think before she does things.

  • He had a couple of scrapes with the police and ended up in court.

• 5 a slight injury or an unpleasant noise produced by rubbing against a surface:

  • "It's just a scrape," said the boy looking down at his bleeding knee.

  • I hate the scrape of chalk on a blackboard.

• 6 to remove something by rubbing something rough or sharp against it, or to rub part of your body against something rough that tears away or injures your skin:

  • [ T ] Jackie scraped her knee on the wall as she was climbing over it.

  • [ T ] Sheila scraped the snow off the windshield of her car.

  • [ I ] The metal gate scraped along the ground when I opened it.

• 7 a slight injury caused by having your skin rubbed against something rough:

  • She had a few scrapes from the accident in the parking lot, but nothing serious.

  • Oh, he’s had a few scrapes with the law when he was younger, but he’s straightened his life out now.