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Scrapes

A broad, shallow injury left by scraping (rather than a cut or a scratch).

📖 Definitions of "Scrapes"

noun
  1. 1

    A broad, shallow injury left by scraping (rather than a cut or a scratch).

    "He fell on the sidewalk and got a scrape on his knee."

  2. 2

    A fight, especially a fistfight without weapons.

    "He got in a scrape with the school bully."

  3. 3

    An awkward set of circumstances.

    "I'm in a bit of a scrape — I've no money to buy my wife a birthday present."

  4. 4

    A D and C or abortion; or, a miscarriage.

verb
  1. 1

    To draw (an object, especially a sharp or angular one), along (something) while exerting pressure.

    "Her fingernails scraped across the blackboard."

  2. 2

    To remove (something) by drawing an object along in this manner.

    "Scrape the chewing gum off with a knife."

  3. 3

    To injure or damage by rubbing across a surface.

    "She tripped on a rock and scraped her knee."

  4. 4

    To barely manage to achieve.

    "I scraped a pass in the exam."

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