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What (who) is SCRAPINGS - definition
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Scraper; Scrapers; Scrapings; Scraping; Scrape (disambiguation); Scrape (song); Scrapes
scrapings
Scrapings are small amounts or pieces that have been scraped off something.
There might be scrapings under his fingernails.
N-PLURAL
scrape
¦ verb
1. drag or pull a hard or sharp implement across (a surface or object).
use a sharp or hard implement to remove (dirt or unwanted matter).
2. rub or cause to rub against a rough or hard surface.
humorous play a violin tunelessly.
3. just manage to achieve, succeed, or pass.
(scrape something together/up) collect or accumulate something with difficulty.
try to save as much money as possible; economize.
(scrape by/along) manage to live with difficulty.
¦ noun
1. an act or sound of scraping.
an injury or mark caused by scraping.
Brit. a thinly applied layer of butter or margarine on bread.
2. informal an embarrassing or difficult predicament.
3. archaic an obsequious bow in which one foot is drawn backwards along the ground.
Phrases
scrape acquaintance with dated contrive to get to know.
scrape the barrel (or the bottom of the barrel) informal be reduced to using the last and poorest resources.
Derivatives
scraper noun
scraping adjective &noun
Origin
OE scrapian 'scratch with the fingernails', of Gmc origin, reinforced in ME by ON skrapa or MDu. schrapen 'to scratch'.
Scrape
·vt To remove by rubbing or scraping (in the sense above).
II. Scrape ·vi To play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or like instrument.
III. Scrape ·vi To draw back the right foot along the ground or floor when making a bow.
IV. Scrape ·noun A drawing back of the right foot when bowing; also, a bow made with that accompaniment.
V. Scrape ·vi To occupy one's self with getting laboriously; as, he scraped and saved until he became rich.
VI. Scrape ·noun 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.
VII. Scrape ·vt To express disapprobation of, as a play, or to silence, as a speaker, by drawing the feet back and forth upon the floor;
- usually with down.
VIII. Scrape ·vi To rub over the surface of anything with something which roughens or removes it, or which smooths or cleans it; to rub harshly and noisily along.
IX. Scrape ·noun 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.
X. Scrape ·vt 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.
XI. Scrape ·vt 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.
Examples of use of SCRAPINGS
1. Weatherproofing was a matter of combing the sides so that the outer layer of hay ran vertically and then capping the tops with the scrapings.
2. Inhabitants of the New World had chili peppers and the makings of taco chips 6,100 years ago, according to new research that examined the bowl–scrapings of people sprinkled throughout Central America and the Amazon basin.
3. "Police became involved and everything became very serious afterwards." When the black Mercedes was examined by French forensic scientists, they found scrapings on the right rear wing of the white paint from the Fiat Uno it struck moments before it crashed.
4. Mind you, the loss of what Delia calls Omelette Savoyard but often turns out to be cheesy egg garnished with what might be black pepper but is more likely to be scrapings of burnt frying pan, is as nothing compared with the prospect of no more interviews between Garth Crooks and Sven–Goran Eriksson: the interminable meets the inscrutable.