scraping up

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To scrape completely; cover all over with scrapes.
   • He should not have used that old dirty rag. Look how it scraped up his paint job.
2. (transitive) to collect together by scraping
   • scrape up all the dirt left in the bath.
3. (transitive) to gather together something needed (especially money)
   • If I empty all my pockets, search around the house, and ask a few friends for a loan, I should be able to scrape up enough money to buy that new suit.

   Synonyms:

   scrape together

4. (obsolete, transitive) To clean a roller and slab by removing ink.