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scraped

scraped is the simple past and past participle of scrape.

Meaning of scrape

Verb

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

  1. (ambitransitive) To draw (an object, especially a sharp or angular one), along (something) while exerting pressure.
    • She scraped the wooden plate with her fingernails.
    Synonyms:
    scuff, grate, scratch, compare drag
  2. (transitive) To remove (something) by drawing an object along in this manner.
    • Scrape the chewing gum off with a knife.
  3. (transitive) To injure or damage by rubbing across a surface.
    • She tripped on a rock and scraped her knee.
    Synonyms:
    abrade, chafe, graze
  4. (transitive) To barely manage to achieve or attain.
    • I scraped a pass in the exam.
    Synonyms:
    labor, squeeze, limp, squeak
    Antonyms:
    stroll, breeze, ride, coast, romp
  5. (transitive) To collect or gather, especially without regard to the quality of what is chosen.
    • Just use whatever you can scrape together.
  6. (transitive) To extract data by automated means from a format not intended to be machine-readable, such as a screenshot or a formatted web page.
    • They didn't provide an API, so I simply scraped their website.

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Phrases with scraped

Words that rhyme with scraped

Questions about scraped

What is scraped the simple past and past participle of?
Scraped is the simple past and past participle of scrape.

Words near scraped in the dictionary

  1. scrape-goods
  2. scrape-pennies
  3. scrape-penny
  4. scrapeable
  5. scrapeage
  6. scraped
  7. scraped along
  8. scraped at the bottom of the barrel
  9. scraped by
  10. scraped down
  11. scraped off

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scraped (page history and authors); scrape (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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