Scraping - English meaning

verb

Scrape or wear away by friction or erosion.

Usage examples:

It was a landscape slowly abraded by a fine, stinging dust

noun

The sharp explosive cry of a dog, fox, or seal.

Usage examples:

As i tucked into this steaming bunter-sized platter out on the darkening waters, i swear i heard th…

verb

(of a dog, fox, or seal) give a bark.

Usage examples:

A dog barked at her

verb

Strip the bark from (a tree or piece of wood).

Usage examples:

They had to be barked by hand, you couldn't peel them the way you can newly cut wood

noun

An implement with a handle and a block of bristles, hair, or wire, used especially for cleaning, applying a liquid or powder to a surface, or arranging the hair.

Usage examples:

A shaving brush

verb

Remove (dust or dirt) by sweeping or scrubbing.

Usage examples:

We'll be able to brush the mud off easily

noun

Undergrowth, small trees, and shrubs.

Usage examples:

Trees and brush alongside the fields and channels are home to birds and other wildlife

verb

(with reference to a part of the body) make or become sore by rubbing against something.

Usage examples:

The collar chafed his neck

noun

Wear or damage caused by rubbing.

Usage examples:

To prevent chafe the ropes should lie flat

verb

Make an opening, incision, or wound in (something) with a sharp-edged tool or object.

Usage examples:

He cut his toe on a sharp stone

noun

A stroke or blow given by a sharp-edged implement or by a whip or cane.

Usage examples:

He could skin an animal with a single cut of the knife

verb

Separate with or as if with an instrument

verb

Pull (someone or something) along forcefully, roughly, or with difficulty.

Usage examples:

We dragged the boat up the beach

noun

The action of pulling something forcefully or with difficulty.

Usage examples:

The drag of the current

verb

Pull, as against a resistance

verb

Damage or remove part of the surface of (the skin).

Usage examples:

The discharge is acrid and excoriates the skin of the nose

verb

To write or say that a play, book, political action, etc. is very bad

Usage examples:

His latest novel received excoriating reviews., the president excoriated the western press for thei…

verb

Strip the skin off (a corpse or carcass).

Usage examples:

The captured general was flayed alive

verb

Strip the skin off

verb

(of cattle, sheep, etc.) eat grass in a field.

Usage examples:

Cattle graze on the open meadows

noun

A slight injury where the skin is scraped.

Usage examples:

Cuts and grazes on the skin

verb

To touch and rub against something while passing it, causing slight damage

Usage examples:

The bullet only grazed his leg., [ i ] cows grazed in the field.

verb

Tear or make deep cuts in (flesh or skin).

Usage examples:

The point had lacerated his neck

verb

To cut or tear something, esp. flesh

Usage examples:

His face and hands were lacerated by the flying glass., [ c ] justina was treated for a scalp lacer…

verb

Exert force on (someone or something) in order to move them away from oneself.

Usage examples:

She pushed her glass towards him

noun

An act of pushing someone or something in order to move them away from oneself.

Usage examples:

He closed the door with a push

verb

Move with force, "he pushed the table into a corner"

noun

An implement consisting of a pole with a toothed crossbar or fine tines at the end, used especially for drawing together cut grass or smoothing loose soil or gravel.

Usage examples:

Moving the soil surface with a rake in winter will expose many slugs and their eggs to frost damage.

verb

Draw together with a rake or similar implement.

Usage examples:

I was the one who raked the leaves and cut the grass

noun

A fashionable or wealthy man of immoral or promiscuous habits.

Usage examples:

A merry restoration rake

noun

A harsh, grating noise.

Usage examples:

The rasp of the engine

verb

Make a harsh, grating noise.

Usage examples:

My breath rasped in my throat

verb

Score or mark the surface of (something) with a sharp or pointed object.

Usage examples:

The car's paintwork was battered and scratched

noun

A mark or wound made by scratching.

Usage examples:

The scratches on her arm were throbbing

adjective

Assembled or made from whatever is available, and so unlikely to be of the highest quality.

Usage examples:

City were fielding a scratch squad

verb

Scrape or brush the surface of (a shoe or other object) against something.

Usage examples:

I accidentally scuffed the heel of one shoe on a paving stone

noun

A mark made by scraping or grazing a surface or object.

Usage examples:

Dark colours don't show scuffs

verb

To make a mark on a smooth surface, esp. on a shoe or floor

Usage examples:

Always wear sneakers in the gym to avoid scuffing the floor.

noun

The thin layer of tissue forming the natural outer covering of the body of a person or animal.

Usage examples:

I use body lotion to keep my skin supple

verb

Remove the skin from (an animal or a fruit or vegetable).

Usage examples:

Scald and skin the tomatoes

noun

The natural outer layer that covers a person or animal

Usage examples:

[ c ] leopard skins, [ u ] he had dark, leathery skin., potato skins, [ c ] those airplanes have ti…

verb

Remove all coverings from.

Usage examples:

They stripped the bed

noun

An act of undressing, especially in a striptease.

Usage examples:

She got drunk and did a strip on top of the piano

noun

A long, narrow piece of cloth, paper, plastic, or some other material.

Usage examples:

A strip of linen

verb

Clean (an area) by brushing away dirt or litter.

Usage examples:

I've swept the floor

noun

An act of sweeping something with a brush.

Usage examples:

I was giving the floor a quick sweep

noun

An injury to living tissue caused by a cut, blow, or other impact, typically one in which the skin is cut or broken.

Usage examples:

A knife wound

verb

Inflict a wound on.

Usage examples:

The sergeant was seriously wounded

verb

Past and past participle of wind2.