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bescrape

bescrape verb: to scrape all over; scrape excessively.

Verb

bescrape (third-person singular simple present bescrapes, present participle bescraping, simple past and past participle bescraped)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To scrape all over; scrape excessively.
    • I had rather hear A pedlar's kit bescrape a dancing dog.1789, Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths, The Monthly review - Volume 81 - Page 218

Forms of bescrape

third-person singular presentbescrapes
present participlebescraping
past participlebescraped
pastbescraped

Origin of bescrape

From be- (“about, around, excessively, all over”) + scrape.

Questions about bescrape

What does bescrape mean?
Bescrape means to scrape all over; scrape excessively.
What part of speech is bescrape?
Bescrape is a verb.
What is the past tense of bescrape?
The past tense of bescrape is bescraped.

Words near bescrape in the dictionary

  1. bescorn
  2. bescorned
  3. bescorning
  4. bescorns
  5. Bescot
  6. bescrape
  7. bescraped
  8. bescrapes
  9. bescraping
  10. bescratch
  11. bescratched

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