English-Finnish translations for scrape

  • raapiaKreikan hallitus on tällä hetkellä puolustuskannalla ja yrittää raapia rahaa kokoon velkansa vähentämiseen. At the moment, the Greek Government is on the defensive; it is trying to scrape money together so that it can reduce its debt.
  • raaputtaaraaputtaa arpa(a)
  • naarmuTienvarren risut tekivät naarmuja auton kylkeen.
  • naarmuttaa
  • pulajoutua pulaanKaikesta oli pulaa.pulavuodet
  • tappeluJoudut aina tappeluun humalassa! Pitäisikö katsoa peiliin...Helsingissä oli eri kaupunginosien jengien tappeluita jo sata vuotta sitten.
  • vaikeudet

Definition of scrape

  • To draw , along while exerting pressure
  • To remove by drawing an object along in this manner
  • To injure or damage by rubbing across a surface
  • To barely manage to achieve
  • To collect or gather, especially without regard to the quality of what is chosen. always "scrape together"? needs an example of "scrape" alone--
  • To extract data by automated means from a format not intended to be machine-readable, such as a screenshot or a formatted web page
  • To play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or similar instrument
  • To express disapprobation of or to silence by drawing the feet back and forth upon the floor; usually with ''down''
  • A broad, shallow injury left by scraping (rather than a cut or a scratch
  • A fight, especially a fistfight without weapons
  • An awkward set of circumstances
  • A D and C or abortion; or, a miscarriage
  • A shallow depression used by ground birds as a nest; a nest scrape
  • A shallow pit dug as a hideout

Examples

  • She scraped her fingernails across the blackboard, making a shrill sound.
  • She scraped the blackboard with her fingernails.
  • Her fingernails scraped across the blackboard.
  • Scrape the chewing gum off with a knife.
  • She tripped on a rock and scraped her knee.
  • I scraped a pass in the exam.
  • Just use whatever you can scrape together.
  • He scraped and saved until he became rich.
  • He fell on the sidewalk and got a scrape on his knee.
  • He got in a scrape with the school bully.
  • Im in a bit of a scrape — Ive no money to buy my wife a birthday present.

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