to deprive of or free from an outer layer, adhering matter, etc., or to smooth by drawing or rubbing something, esp. a sharp or rough instrument, over the surface

to scrape a table to remove paint and varnish.

to remove (an outer layer, adhering matter, etc.) in this way

to scrape the paint and varnish from a table.

to scratch, injure, or mar the surface of in this way

to scrape one's arm on a rough wall.

to produce by scraping

He scraped his initials on the rock.

to collect or do by or as if by scraping; do or gather laboriously or with difficulty (usually fol. by up or together )

They managed to scrape together a football team.

to rub harshly on or across (something)

Don't scrape the floor with your boots!

to draw or rub (a thing) roughly across something

Scrape your shoes on the doormat before you come in.

to level (an unpaved road) with a grader.

to scrape something.

to rub against something gratingly.

to produce a grating and unmusical tone from a string instrument.

to draw one's foot back noisily along the ground in making a bow.

to manage or get by with difficulty or with only the barest margin

I barely scraped through on the test.

to economize or save by attention to even the slightest amounts

By careful scraping they managed to survive.

an act or instance of scraping.

a drawing back of the foot noisily along the ground in making a bow.

a harsh, shrill, or scratching sound made by scraping.

a scraped place

a scrape on one's elbow.

an embarrassing or distressing situation; predicament

He is always in some kind of a scrape.

a difference of opinion, fight, or quarrel; scrap.

noun

resolution , solution

verb

smoothe , spend , squander , waste

noun

awkward situation , corner * , difficulty , dilemma , discomfiture , distress , embarrassment , fix * , hole * , jam * , mess * , pickle * , plight , predicament , tight spot , trouble , box , corner , deep water , dutch , fix , hole , hot spot , hot water , jam , quagmire , soup

verb

abrade , bark , bray , chafe , clean , erase , file , grate , graze , grind , irritate , pare , peel , rasp , rub , scour , scuff , shave , skin , squeak , thin , triturate , cut it close , get along , get by , pinch , save , scrimp , skimp , stint , struggle , scrub , scratch , amass , claw , collect , corrode , cut , difficulty , dig , dilemma , feed , fight , gash , gather , hole , mar , mess , pickle , predicament , remove , row , scuffle , spot , trouble