OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 24114

scrape

/skɹeɪp/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
raspar
To draw (an object, especially a sharp or angular one), along (something) while exerting pressure.
She scraped the wooden plate with her fingernails.
That car often scrapes the shallowest of humps because of its low ground clearance.
chollar • choyar • raer • raspar
To injure or damage by rubbing across a surface.
She tripped on a rock and scraped her knee.
We went tip-toeing along a path amongst the trees back towards the end of the widow's garden, stooping down so as the branches wouldn't scrape our heads.