Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v. t.) To rub over the surface of (something) with a sharp or rough instrument; to rub over with something that roughens by removing portions of the surface; to grate harshly over; to abrade; to make even, or bring to a required condition or form, by moving the sharp edge of an instrument breadthwise over the surface with pressure, cutting away excesses and superfluous parts; to make smooth or clean; as, to scrape a bone with a knife; to scrape a metal plate to an even surface. 2. (v. t.) To remove by rubbing or scraping (in the sense above). 3. (v. t.) To collect by, or as by, a process of scraping; to gather in small portions by laborious effort; hence, to acquire avariciously and save penuriously; -- often followed by together or up; as, to scrape money together. 4. (v. t.) To express disapprobation of, as a play, or to silence, as a speaker, by drawing the feet back and forth upon the floor; -- usually with down. 5. (v. i.) To rub over the surface of anything with something which roughens or removes it, or which smoothes or cleans it; to rub harshly and noisily along. 6. (v. i.) To occupy one's self with getting laboriously; as, he scraped and saved until he became rich. 7. (v. i.) To play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or like instrument. 8. (v. i.) To draw back the right foot along the ground or floor when making a bow. 9. (n.) The act of scraping; also, the effect of scraping, as a scratch, or a harsh sound; as, a noisy scrape on the floor; a scrape of a pen. 10. (n.) A drawing back of the right foot when bowing; also, a bow made with that accompaniment. 11. (n.) A disagreeable and embarrassing predicament out of which one can not get without undergoing, as it were, a painful rubbing or scraping; a perplexity; a difficulty.

Multi-Version Concordance Scrape (3 Occurrences) Leviticus 14:41 and he shall cause the inside of the house to be scraped all over, and they shall pour out the mortar, that they scraped off, outside of the city into an unclean place. (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Job 2:8 He took for himself a potsherd to scrape himself with, and he sat among the ashes. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Ezekiel 26:4 They shall destroy the walls of Tyre, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her a bare rock. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)