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scrape down

scrape down verb: to make the ground flat with tools like a hoe or shovel.

Verb

scrape down (third-person singular simple present scrapes down, present participle scraping down, simple past and past participle scraped down)

  1. (dated) To make the ground flat with tools like a hoe or shovel.

Forms of scrape down

third-person singular presentscrapes down
present participlescraping down
past participlescraped down
pastscraped down

Questions about scrape down

What does scrape down mean?
Scrape down means to make the ground flat with tools like a hoe or shovel.
What part of speech is scrape down?
Scrape down is a verb.
What is the past tense of scrape down?
The past tense of scrape down is scraped down.

Words near scrape down in the dictionary

  1. scrape acquaintance
  2. scrape along
  3. scrape and bow
  4. scrape at the bottom of the barrel
  5. scrape by
  6. scrape down
  7. scrape off
  8. scrape someone off the ceiling
  9. scrape the barrel
  10. scrape the bottom of the barrel
  11. scrape through

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