noun · verb · 33 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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skrāp
/skɹeɪp/
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rhymes with -eɪp
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1
noun
Meaning 1
A broad, shallow injury left by scraping (rather than a cut or a scratch).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
He fell on the sidewalk and got a scrape on his knee.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The sound or action of something being scraped.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: scraping
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
Something removed by being scraped; a thin layer of something such as butter on bread.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: scraping
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A fight, especially a fistfight without weapons.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, slang, uncountable
Examples
He got in a scrape with the school bully.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
An awkward set of circumstances.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
I'm in a bit of a scrape — I've no money to buy my wife a birthday present.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
A D and C or abortion; or, a miscarriage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, countable, slang, uncountable
Examples
1972, in U.S. Senate Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act and Other Internal Security Laws, Abuse of psychiatry for political repression in the Soviet Union. Hearing, Ninety-second Congress, second session, United States Government Printing Office, page 127, It’s quite possible, in view of the diagnosis ‘danger of miscarriage’, that they might drag me off, give me a scrape and then say that the miscarriage began itself.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
A shallow depression used by ground birds as a nest; a nest scrape.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
8
noun
Meaning 8
A shallow pit dug as a hideout.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: government, military, politics, war
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
9
noun
Meaning 9
A shave.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, countable, slang, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
10
noun
Meaning 10
Cheap butter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, obsolete, slang, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
11
noun
Meaning 11
Butter laid on bread in the thinnest possible manner, as though laid on and scraped off again.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, obsolete, slang, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
12
noun
Meaning 12
A diminutive of the bend (especially of the bend sinister) which is half its width.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: kowtow, genuflect
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bow
History
Etymology
From Middle English scrapen, from Old Norse skrapa (“to scrape, scratch”) and Old English scrapian (“to scrape, scratch”), both from Proto-Germanic *skrapōną, *skrepaną (“to scrape, scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *skrebh- (“to engrave”). Cognate with Dutch schrapen (“to scrape”), schrappen (“to strike through; to cancel; to scrap”), schrabben (“to scratch”), German schrappen (“to scrape”), Danish skrabe (“to scrape”), Icelandic skrapa (“to scrape”), Walloon screper (“to scrape”), Latin scribō (“dig with a pen, draw, write”).
Across languages
Translations
250 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
ожулване
(ožulvane)
— injury
Catalan:
abrasió
— injury
Danish:
hudafskrabning
— injury
Dutch:
schram
— injury
Finnish:
naarmu
— injury
German:
Schramme
— injury
German:
Schürfwunde
— injury
German:
Kratzer
— injury
Italian:
graffio
— injury
Italian:
abrasione
— injury
Italian:
sbucciatura
— injury
Polish:
draśnięcie
— injury
Polish:
otarcie
— injury
Portuguese:
ralado
— injury
Russian:
цара́пина
(carápina)
— injury
Scottish Gaelic:
sgrìobadh
— injury
Spanish:
abrasión
— injury
Spanish:
rasponazo
— injury
Swedish:
skrubbsår
— injury
Finnish:
tappelu
— fight
German:
Kampf
— fight
German:
Boxkampf
— fight
German:
Faustkampf
— fight
Italian:
rissa f bagarre
— fight
Russian:
сты́чка
(stýčka)
— fight
Russian:
дра́ка
(dráka)
— fight
Russian:
потасо́вка
(potasóvka)
— fight
Spanish:
pelea
— fight
Spanish:
piñada
— fight
Bulgarian:
затрудне́ние
(zatrudnénie)
— awkward set of circumstances
Finnish:
pula
— awkward set of circumstances
Finnish:
vaikeudet
— awkward set of circumstances
German:
Zwickmühle
— awkward set of circumstances
German:
Klemme
— awkward set of circumstances
Italian:
pasticcio
— awkward set of circumstances
Italian:
guaio
— awkward set of circumstances
Russian:
неприя́тность
(neprijátnostʹ)
— awkward set of circumstances
Russian:
затрудне́ние
(zatrudnénije)
— awkward set of circumstances
Spanish:
apuro
— awkward set of circumstances
Spanish:
aprieto
— awkward set of circumstances
Southern Altai:
кырар
(kïrar)
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Arabic:
خَمَشَ
(ḵamaša)
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Armenian:
քերել
(kʻerel)
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Azerbaijani:
qaşımaq
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Bashkir:
ҡырыу
(qırıw)
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Bashkir:
ышҡыу
(ışqıw)
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Belarusian:
скрэ́бці
(skrébci)
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Bulgarian:
стъ́ржа
(stǎ́rža)
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Bulgarian:
остъ́ргвам
(ostǎ́rgvam)
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Burmese:
ချွတ်
(hkywat)
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Burmese:
ခြစ်
(hkrac)
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Cebuano:
kutkot
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Cebuano:
kagis
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Chinese Mandarin:
刮
(guā)
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Chinese Mandarin:
擦
(cā)
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Chinese Mandarin:
刮削
(guāxiāo)
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Chinese Mandarin:
削
(xiāo)
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Czech:
škrábat
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Danish:
skrabe
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Dutch:
schrapen
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Esperanto:
skrapi
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Estonian:
kriipima
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Estonian:
kraapima
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Estonian:
kraapama
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Estonian:
kraapsima
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Fijian:
kari
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Fijian:
vasi (of slime)
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Fijian:
varo (Bau)
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Finnish:
raaputtaa
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
French:
gratter
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
French:
racler
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Galician:
ripar
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Galician:
rapar
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Galician:
rafar
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Galician:
raspiñar
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Galician:
eslasar
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Galician:
adoxar
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Galician:
raspar
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Georgian:
ფხაჭუნი
(pxač̣uni)
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
German:
abkratzen
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
German:
kratzen
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
German:
schaben
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
German:
scharren
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
German:
schrammen
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Greek:
ξύνω
(xýno)
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Ancient Greek:
ξύω
(xúō)
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Hawaiian:
waʻu
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Higaonon:
kinagisan
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Hindi:
कुरेदना
(kurednā)
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Hindi:
छीलना
(chīlnā)
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Hungarian:
kapar
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Hungarian:
vakar
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Icelandic:
skrapa
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Indonesian:
mengikis
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Indonesian:
kikis
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Italian:
grattare
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Italian:
graffiare
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Japanese:
削る
(kezuru)
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Japanese:
擦る
(kosuru)
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Kazakh:
қыру
(qyru)
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Kazakh:
тарау
(tarau)
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Khmer:
កូត
(kout)
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Khmer:
កាយ
(kaay)
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Khmer:
កេះ
(keh)
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Khmer:
កោស
(kaoh)
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Korean:
긁다
(geukda)
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Kyrgyz:
кыруу
(kıruu)
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Lao:
ຂູດ
(khūt)
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Lao:
ຮຸ
(hu)
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Lao:
ສີ
(sī)
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Latin:
rādō
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Latvian:
kasīt
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Latvian:
nokasīt
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Lithuanian:
grandyti
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Macedonian:
струже
(struže)
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Macedonian:
гребе
(grebe)
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Malay:
kikis
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Malay:
mengikis
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Malay:
gesek
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Manchu:
ᡴᠠᡵᡴᠠᠮᠪᡳ
(karkambi)
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Western Bukidnon Manobo:
kaɣis
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Māori:
waru
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Māori:
waruwaru
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Māori:
waku
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Māori:
wakuwaku
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Māori:
kuku
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Māori:
kukū
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Māori:
hākuku
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Māori:
hāro
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Māori:
wharowharo
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Mongolian:
хусах
(xusax)
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Neapolitan:
grattà
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Norwegian Bokmål:
skrape
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Norwegian Nynorsk:
skrapa
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Old English:
scrapian
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Persian:
خراشیدن
(xarâšidan)
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Persian:
خاراندن
(xârândan)
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Polish:
skrobać
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Polish:
drapać
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Polish:
drapnąć
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Portuguese:
arranhar
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Portuguese:
raspar
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Punjabi:
ਖੁਰਚਣਾ
(khurcaṇā)
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Romanian:
zgâria
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Russian:
скрести́
(skrestí)
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Russian:
поскрести́
(poskrestí)
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Russian:
цара́пать
(carápatʹ)
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Russian:
поцара́пать
(pocarápatʹ)
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Russian:
скря́бать
(skrjábatʹ)
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Russian:
поскря́бать
(poskrjábatʹ)
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Samoan:
valu
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Serbo-Croatian:
стру́гати
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Serbo-Croatian:
strúgati
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Slovak:
škrabať
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Slovene:
strgati
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Slovene:
postrgati
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Slovene:
praskati
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Slovene:
spraskati
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Spanish:
raspar
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Swedish:
skrapa
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Tahitian:
vaʻu
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Tahitian:
varu
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Tajik:
харошидан
(xarošidan)
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Tày:
cáo
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Telugu:
గీరు
(gīru)
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Tetum:
koi
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Thai:
ถู
(tǔu)
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Thai:
สี
(sǐi)
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Thai:
รู่
(rûu)
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Thai:
เกา
(gao)
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Thai:
เช็ด
(chét)
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Thai:
ครูด
(krûut)
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Tongan:
vau
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Turkish:
kazımak
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Ottoman Turkish:
قازیمق
(kazımak)
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Ottoman Turkish:
چیزمك
(çizmek)
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Ukrainian:
скребти́
(skrebtý)
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Urdu:
کُریدْنا
(kurednā)
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Urdu:
چِھیلْنا
(chīlnā)
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Uzbek:
tashlamoq
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Uzbek:
tozalamoq
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Vietnamese:
nạo
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Vietnamese:
cạo
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Vietnamese:
gọt
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Vietnamese:
gạt
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Vietnamese:
vét
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Vietnamese:
nạo vét
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Vietnamese:
quẹt
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Walloon:
screper
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Walloon:
greter
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Welsh:
crafu
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Yiddish:
שאָבן
(shobn)
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
ǃXóõ:
ǁxàa
— draw an object along while exerting pressure
Czech:
škrábat
— cause to be in a certain state by scraping
Estonian:
kraapima
— cause to be in a certain state by scraping
Estonian:
kaapima
— cause to be in a certain state by scraping
Estonian:
kaabitsema
— cause to be in a certain state by scraping
Estonian:
kõõpima
— cause to be in a certain state by scraping
Finnish:
raaputtaa
— cause to be in a certain state by scraping
Russian:
отскреба́ть
(otskrebátʹ)
— cause to be in a certain state by scraping
Russian:
отскрести́
(otskrestí)
— cause to be in a certain state by scraping
Russian:
соскреба́ть
(soskrebátʹ)
— cause to be in a certain state by scraping
Russian:
соскрести́
(soskrestí)
— cause to be in a certain state by scraping
Russian:
скобли́ть
(skoblítʹ)
— cause to be in a certain state by scraping
Russian:
отскобли́ть
(otskoblítʹ)
— cause to be in a certain state by scraping
Bashkir:
һыҙырыу
(hıźırıw)
— injure by scraping
Bulgarian:
ожу́лвам
(ožúlvam)
— injure by scraping
Chinese Mandarin:
擦傷 /擦伤
(cāshāng)
— injure by scraping
Czech:
škrábat
— injure by scraping
Estonian:
kriimustama
— injure by scraping
Estonian:
kriipima
— injure by scraping
Finnish:
raapia
— injure by scraping
Finnish:
naarmuttaa
— injure by scraping
French:
effleurer
— injure by scraping
French:
égratigner
— injure by scraping
French:
érafler
— injure by scraping
Galician:
rabuñarse
— injure by scraping
Galician:
aruñarse
— injure by scraping
Galician:
esgarnancharse
— injure by scraping
Galician:
gaduñarse
— injure by scraping
Galician:
caritarse
— injure by scraping
Galician:
raspuñarse
— injure by scraping
Polish:
ocierać
— injure by scraping
Polish:
otrzeć
— injure by scraping
Portuguese:
ralar
— injure by scraping
Portuguese:
esfolar
— injure by scraping
Portuguese:
arranhar
— injure by scraping
Portuguese:
raspar
— injure by scraping
Russian:
цара́пать
(carápatʹ)
— injure by scraping
Russian:
поцара́пать
(pocarápatʹ)
— injure by scraping
Russian:
оцара́пать
(ocarápatʹ)
— injure by scraping
Sanskrit:
रदति
(radati)
— injure by scraping
Spanish:
raspar
— injure by scraping
Spanish:
raer
— injure by scraping
Spanish:
choyar
— injure by scraping
Spanish:
chollar
— injure by scraping
Swedish:
skrubba
— injure by scraping
Vietnamese:
quẹt
— injure by scraping
Vietnamese:
cọ
— injure by scraping
Walloon:
si digreter
— injure by scraping
Walloon:
si dischaver
— injure by scraping
Walloon:
si screper
— injure by scraping
Chinese Mandarin:
爬
(pá)
— extract data by automated means
Chinese Mandarin:
爬取
(páqǔ)
— extract data by automated means
Chinese Mandarin:
扒
(bā)
— extract data by automated means
Finnish:
haravoida
— extract data by automated means
Vietnamese:
cạo
— extract data by automated means
Vietnamese:
nạo
— extract data by automated means
Vietnamese:
nạo vét
— extract data by automated means
Vietnamese:
quét
— extract data by automated means