Meaning

• A broad, shallow injury left by scraping (rather than a cut or a scratch).

  "He fell on the sidewalk and got a scrape on his knee."

• A fight, especially a fistfight without weapons.

  "He got in a scrape with the school bully."

• An awkward set of circumstances.

  "I'm in a bit of a scrape — I've no money to buy my wife a birthday present."

• A D and C or abortion; or, a miscarriage.

• A shallow depression used by ground birds as a nest; a nest scrape.

• A shallow pit dug as a hideout.

Meaning

• To draw (an object, especially a sharp or angular one), along (something) while exerting pressure.

  "Her fingernails scraped across the blackboard."

• To remove (something) by drawing an object along in this manner.

  "Scrape the chewing gum off with a knife."

• To injure or damage by rubbing across a surface.

  "She tripped on a rock and scraped her knee."

• To barely manage to achieve.

  "I scraped a pass in the exam."

• To collect or gather, especially without regard to the quality of what is chosen.

  "Just use whatever you can scrape together."

• To extract data by automated means from a format not intended to be machine-readable, such as a screenshot or a formatted web page.

• To occupy oneself with getting laboriously.

  "He scraped and saved until he became rich."

• To play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or similar instrument.

• To draw back the right foot along the ground or floor when making a bow.

• To express disapprobation of (a play, etc.) or to silence (a speaker) by drawing the feet back and forth upon the floor; usually with down.