Phrase Hound found 23 phrases and 15 compound words that contain scrape. The most common are listed below. Open scrape in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 23
- bow and scrapeTo make a deep bow with the right leg drawn back (thus scraping the floor), left hand pressed across the abdomen, right arm held aside.
- screen-scrapeTo extract data from (a source such as a webpage) by picking it out from among the human-readable content.
- scrape the bottom of the barrelTo settle for a poor option due to a lack or unavailability of anything more favorable.
- scrape togetherTo collect, assemble or gather small amounts (especially of money), from various sources, with some difficulty
- scrape offTo remove (something) by a scraping action.
- scrape someone off the ceilingUsed to describe the response to someone who is either experiencing great pain, who is very frightened, or is very elated.
- scrape upTo scrape completely; cover all over with scrapes.
- pick scrapeA pick slide.
- rake-and-scrapeAlternative spelling of rake and scrape.
- scrape throughTo marginally manage to progress.
- nest scrapeA shallow depression used by ground birds as a nest; a scrape.
- scrape alongto barely be able to survive
- bread and scrapeBread spread with butter or margarine that has been scraped off again so as to leave only a thin layer.
- scrape acquaintanceTo seek acquaintance (with somebody) without a formal introduction.
- rake-n-scrapeAlternative spelling of rake and scrape.
- scrape and bowAlternative form of bow and scrape: To make a deep bow with the right leg drawn back (thus scraping the floor), left hand pressed across the abdomen, right arm held aside.
- scrape the barrelSynonym of scrape the bottom of the barrel: To settle for a poor option due to a lack or unavailability of anything more favorable.
- scrape at the bottom of the barrelAlternative form of scrape the bottom of the barrel: To settle for a poor option due to a lack or unavailability of anything more favorable.
- scrape downTo make the ground flat with tools like a hoe or shovel.
- scrape-goodA stingy person; a miser.
- scrape-goodsplural of scrape-good: A stingy person; a miser.
- scrape-penniesplural of scrape-penny: A miser.
- scrape-pennyA miser.
Compound words 15
- scrapingThe sound or action of something being scraped.
- scrapieA degenerative prion disease of sheep and goats that attacks the central nervous system.
- outscrapeTo escape
- scrapeageScraping.
- scrapyCharacteristic of a scraping sound or motion.
- antiscrapeOpposing the destructive removal of historic surfaces that may occur during restoration of historic buildings.
- rescrapeTo scrape again.
- scrapeableCapable of being scraped.
- scrapelessWithout a scrape.
- scrapegutA fiddler.