Scraping
of Scrape
The act of scraping; the act or process of making even, or reducing to the proper form, by means of a scraper.
Something scraped off; that which is separated from a substance, or is collected by scraping; as, the scraping of the street.
Resembling the act of, or the effect produced by, one who, or that which, scrapes; as, a scraping noise; a scraping miser.
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Scraping Quotations
I was happy, I wasn't beaten, and I lacked nothing. But it wasn't what people expect - it was very much sort of pinching and scraping. I don't know how my mother did it.
Kristin Scott Thomas
Television is now so desperately hungry for material that they're scraping the top of the barrel.
Gore Vidal
I was able to support myself by acting alone about six years ago. Until then, I was just scraping by.
Edie Falco
Scraping Translations
scraping in French is grattant
scraping in German is kratzend, schabend, schabende
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