scrape

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a harsh noise made by scraping

   The scrape of violin bows distracted her.

2. 2
   verb

   to gather money or other resources together over time

   They had scraped together enough money for college.

Multiword verbs with scrape

• scrape up Phrasal verb C2

  to gather money or resources with difficulty from small available amounts

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Simplified etymology

Scrape already had an Old English source, but its later development was reinforced by Dutch schrapen, meaning “to scratch.”

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”).

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