scrapes Sentence Examples
- The cat's claws left deep scrapes on the wooden table.
- The mechanic carefully scraped away the rust from the car's undercarriage.
- The fisherman scraped the barnacles off the hull of his boat.
- The surgeon scraped away the infected tissue during the operation.
- The painter scraped off the old paint before applying a new coat.
- The hikers scraped their knees on the rocky trail.
- The dog scraped its way under the fence to escape the yard.
- The wind scraped the leaves off the trees during the storm.
- The children scraped their elbows while playing in the playground.
- The cook scraped the burnt food off the bottom of the pan.
scrapes Meaning
scrapes
to collect by or as if by scraping, a mark or injury caused by scraping, a disagreeable situation, to remove from a surface by usually repeated strokes of an edged instrument, to make one's way with difficulty, to make (a surface) smooth or clean with strokes of an edged instrument or an abrasive, to move in sliding contact with a rough surface, a bow made with a pulling back of the foot, the act or process of scraping, to accumulate money by small economies, altercation, fight, to draw back the foot along the ground in making a bow, to damage or injure by dragging or rubbing against a rough surface, to remove by repeated strokes of an edged tool, a distressing encounter, a sound, mark, or injury made by scraping, to clean or smooth by rubbing, a sound made by scraping, to damage or injure the surface of by contact with a rough surface, the nest of a bird consisting of a usually shallow depression in the ground, to gather with difficulty and little by little, to grate harshly over or against, a bow made with a drawing back of the foot along the ground, a cleared area on the forest floor made by a male deer during breeding season to attract a doe, to draw roughly or noisily over a surface, to rub or cause to rub so as to make a harsh noise, to barely get by
Synonyms & Antonyms of scrapes
FAQs About the word scrapes
to collect by or as if by scraping, a mark or injury caused by scraping, a disagreeable situation, to remove from a surface by usually repeated strokes of an ed
encounters, quarrels,brushes, skirmishes, fights, brawls, run-ins,arguments, squabbles, battles
slides, glides,skates,
The cat's claws left deep scrapes on the wooden table.
The mechanic carefully scraped away the rust from the car's undercarriage.
The fisherman scraped the barnacles off the hull of his boat.
The surgeon scraped away the infected tissue during the operation.
