drag or pull a hard or sharp implement across (a surface or object) so as to remove dirt or other matter

remove the green tops from the carrots and scrape them

we scraped the dishes clean

rub or cause to rub by accident against a rough or hard surface, causing damage or injury

he smashed into the wall and felt his teeth scrape against the plaster

she reversed in a reckless sweep, scraping the Range Rover

narrowly pass by or through something

there was only just room to scrape through between the tree and the edge of the stream

copy (data) from a website using a computer program

all search engines scrape content from sites without permission and display it on their own sites

an act or sound of scraping

he heard the scrape of his mother's key in the lock

a procedure of dilatation of the cervix and curettage of the uterus

an embarrassing or difficult predicament caused by one's own unwise behaviour

he'd been in worse scrapes than this before now