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What (who) is SCRAPING - definition
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Scraper; Scrapers; Scrapings; Scraping; Scrape (disambiguation); Scrape (song); Scrapes
Scraping
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Scrape.
II. Scraping ·noun The act of scraping; the act or process of making even, or reducing to the proper form, by means of a scraper.
III. Scraping ·adj Resembling the act of, or the effect produced by, one who, or that which, scrapes; as, a scraping noise; a scraping miser.
IV. Scraping ·noun Something scraped off; that which is separated from a substance, or is collected by scraping; as, the scraping of the street.
Scraper
·noun One who scrapes.
II. Scraper ·noun One who plays awkwardly on a violin.
III. Scraper ·noun An instrument with which anything is scraped.
IV. Scraper ·noun One who acquires avariciously and saves penuriously.
V. Scraper ·noun An instrument by which the soles of shoes are cleaned from mud and the like, by drawing them across it.
VI. Scraper ·noun An instrument having two or three sharp sides or edges, for cleaning the planks, masts, or decks of a ship.
VII. Scraper ·noun An instrument drawn by oxen or horses, used for scraping up earth in making or repairing roads, digging cellars, canals ·etc.
VIII. Scraper ·noun In the printing press, a board, or blade, the edge of which is made to rub over the tympan sheet and thus produce the impression.
scraper
(scrapers)
A scraper is a tool that has a small handle and a metal or plastic blade and can be used for scraping a particular surface clean.
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Examples of use of SCRAPING
1. At its worst, Rita behaved like a viciously effective bulldozer, scraping away everything it met, scraping away places such as Holly Beach.
2. "I heard like metal hitting the curb, like scraping.
3. Scrimping and scraping doesn‘t make for a happy marriage either.
4. Santoyo Herrera looked down, scraping a boot against the floor.
5. Sugar farmers who sold to Kikuyu middlemen were barely scraping by.