What is the meaning of SCRAP. Phrases containing SCRAP
See meanings and uses of SCRAP!SCRAP
SCRAP
SCRAP
SCRAP
SCRAP
SCRAP
Acronyms & AI meanings
SCRAP
SCRAP
SCRAP
n.
Something scraped off; that which is separated from a substance, or is collected by scraping; as, the scraping of the street.
a.
Resembling the act of, or the effect produced by, one who, or that which, scrapes; as, a scraping noise; a scraping miser.
n.
A disagreeable and embarrassing predicament out of which one can not get without undergoing, as it were, a painful rubbing or scraping; a perplexity; a difficulty.
n.
The act of scraping; the act or process of making even, or reducing to the proper form, by means of a scraper.
n.
An instrument with which anything is scraped.
v. i.
To occupy one's self with getting laboriously; as, he scraped and saved until he became rich.
a.
Consisting of scraps; fragmentary; lacking unity or consistency; as, a scrappy lecture.
v. t.
Something scraped off; hence, a small piece; a bit; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.
n.
The act of scraping; also, the effect of scraping, as a scratch, or a harsh sound; as, a noisy scrape on the floor; a scrape of a pen.
v. t.
To collect by, or as by, a process of scraping; to gather in small portions by laborious effort; hence, to acquire avariciously and save penuriously; -- often followed by together or up; as, to scrape money together.
v. t.
The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat; as, pork scraps.
v. t.
To remove by rubbing or scraping (in the sense above).
imp. & p. p.
of Scrape
v. t.
Same as Scrap iron, below.
v. t.
To rub over the surface of (something) with a sharp or rough instrument; to rub over with something that roughens by removing portions of the surface; to grate harshly over; to abrade; to make even, or bring to a required condition or form, by moving the sharp edge of an instrument breadthwise over the surface with pressure, cutting away excesses and superfluous parts; to make smooth or clean; as, to scrape a bone with a knife; to scrape a metal plate to an even surface.
adv.
In a scrappy manner; in scraps.
v.
A person whose employment is to clean the streets of a city, by scraping or sweeping, and carrying off the filth. The name is also applied to any animal which devours refuse, carrion, or anything injurious to health.
n.
One who scrapes.
n.
An instrument drawn by oxen or horses, used for scraping up earth in making or repairing roads, digging cellars, canals etc.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Scrape
SCRAP
SCRAP