Past tense of scrape
regular verb
The past tense of scrape is scraped. The past participle is also scraped.
Forms of scrape
| Base form (V1) | scrape /skɹeɪp/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | scraped |
| Past participle (V3) | scraped |
| Present participle | scraping |
| Third person singular | scrapes |
Scraped in a sentence
- She scraped the wooden plate with her fingernails.
- She tripped on a rock and scraped her knee.
- The pass mark for the exam was 40%, and I scraped through with 43%.From the entry scrape through
- As a school nurse, Pat was used to band-aiding lots of scraped knees and elbows.From the entry band-aid
- Before new glazier's putty can be applied, the various bits of old glazing must be scraped off.From the entry glazing
Meaning of scrape
- verb To draw (an object, especially a sharp or angular one), along (something) while exerting pressure.
- verb To remove (something) by drawing an object along in this manner.
- verb To injure or damage by rubbing across a surface.
Questions about the past tense of scrape
- What is the past tense of scrape?
- The past tense of scrape is scraped.
- What is the past participle of scrape?
- The past participle of scrape is scraped.
- Is scrape a regular or irregular verb?
- Scrape is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: scrape (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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