scrape

Everyday

1. To scrape means to rub something with a hard or sharp edge to remove something, like mud from shoes. tree →
2. To scrape means to hurt your skin by rubbing it on something rough. tree →
3. A scrape is a small injury like that, or a scratching sound. tree →
4. A scrape is also a difficult situation. tree →
5. To scrape through means to only just pass. tree →

In the lessons

In first-aid lessons a scrape (graze) is cleaned with water and covered; in stories characters get into scrapes. Phrases: «scrape off», «scrape your knee», «get into a scrape», «scrape through», «scrape together».

Examples

• I fell and scraped my knee. tree →
• Scrape the mud off your boots. tree →
• Dad scraped the ice off the car window. tree →
• She scraped through her test. tree →
• The boys got into a scrape with the farmer. tree →
• We scraped together enough money for a present. tree →
• The chair scraped loudly on the floor. tree →
• Then get down, and scrape off the foam with a knife. tree →

Note

Regular verb. A scrape = a graze (UK). Wash a scrape with clean water, then cover it. Trap: scrapped (thrown away, from scrap) vs scraped (rubbed, from scrape).

In Jewish tradition

The walls of an infected house were scraped, and the mortar was poured out in an unclean place outside the city. Job scrapes his sores with a potsherd, and Ezekiel says God will scrape Tyre's dust away. In the primary lessons: In first-aid lessons a scrape (graze) is cleaned with water and covered; in stories characters get into scrapes. Phrases: «scrape off», «scrape your knee», «get into a scrape», «scrape through», «scrape together».

Examples

• And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the mortar that they scrape off without the city into an unclean place. (Torah LEV.14.41, JPS 1917) tree →
• And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself therewith; and he sat among the ashes. (Writings JOB.2.8, JPS 1917) tree →
• And they shall destroy the walls of Tyre, and break down her towers; I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her a bare rock. (Prophets EZK.26.4, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Regular verb. A scrape = a graze (UK). Wash a scrape with clean water, then cover it. Trap: scrapped (thrown away, from scrap) vs scraped (rubbed, from scrape).