<p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>scraped, scraping.</li><li>to deprive of or free from an outer layer, adhering matter, etc., or to smooth by drawing or rubbing something, especially a sharp or rough instrument, over the surface: to scrape a table to remove paint and varnish.</li><li>to remove (an outer layer, adhering matter, etc.) in this way: to scrape the paint and varnish from a table.</li><li>to scratch, injure, or mar the surface of in this way: to scrape one's arm on a rough wall.</li><li>to produce by scraping: He scraped his initials on the rock.</li><li>to collect or do by or as if by scraping; do or gather laboriously or with difficulty (usually followed by up or together): They managed to scrape together a football team.</li><li>to rub harshly on or across (something): Don't scrape the floor with your boots!</li><li>to draw or rub (a thing) roughly across something: Scrape your shoes on the doormat before you come in.</li><li>to level (an unpaved road) with a grader.</li><li>Digital Technology: to extract (data) from a digital source for automated replication, formatting, or manipulation by a computer program, as in data mining or website data analysis: This project scrapes comments on online forums for linguistic research. We can scrape older data from obsolete systems with a very simple interface.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>scraped, scraping.</li><li>to scrape something.</li><li>to rub against something gratingly.</li><li>to produce a grating and unmusical tone from a string instrument.</li><li>to draw one's foot back noisily along the ground in making a bow.</li><li>to manage or get by with difficulty or with only the barest margin: I barely scraped through on the test.</li><li>to economize or save by attention to even the slightest amounts: By careful scraping they managed to survive.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>an act or instance of scraping.</li><li>a drawing back of the foot noisily along the ground in making a bow.</li><li>a harsh, shrill, or scratching sound made by scraping.</li><li>a scraped place: a scrape on one's elbow.</li><li>an embarrassing or distressing situation; predicament: He is always in some kind of a scrape.</li><li>a difference of opinion, fight, or quarrel; scrap.</li><li>Digital Technology: the process of extracting data from a digital source for automated replication, formatting, or manipulation by a computer program, as in data mining or website data analysis: How long will the scrape take to complete?</li><li>the product of this process: The scrape maliciously copied private content to manipulate search engine rankings.</li></ul>