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Meaning of 'scraping' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Scraping [ a.]
- Resembling the act of, or the effect produced by, one who, or that which, scrapes; as, a scraping noise; a scraping miser.
2 . Scraping [ n.]
- The act of scraping; the act or process of making even, or reducing to the proper form, by means of a scraper.
- Something scraped off; that which is separated from a substance, or is collected by scraping; as, the scraping of the street.
3 . Scraping [ p. pr. & vb. n.]
- of Scrape

Meaning of 'scraping' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . scraping [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility)
Example in sentence:
  • all that bowing and scraping did not impress him
Meaning (2):
- a harsh noise made by scraping
Example in sentence:
  • the scrape of violin bows distracted her
Meaning (3):
- (usually plural) a fragment scraped off of something and collected
Example in sentence:
  • they collected blood scrapings for analysis

Nearby Words:

scrabbed eggs scrabble scrabbled scrabbling scraber scraffle scrag scrag-necked scragged scraggedness

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