Some Other Words for Scrape

verb
1. grate, rasp, scrap off, strip, decorticate, peel, skin, bark, husk, shuck, excoriate, grind, whet, sand, sandpaper, pumice, abrade, rub off, chafe, graze, scour, scrub, smooth, polish, burnish, buff.

2. scratch, sniff, mar, scar, deface, disfigure, flaw, damage, impair, injure, harm, spoil, ruin, engrave, mark, print, imprint, impress, trace, draw.

3. Scrape up, together glean, gather, get or bring together, rake or take in, garner, acquire, obtain, collect, assemble, muster, marshal, amass, aggregate, agglomerate, accumulate, cumulate, compile, stack, heap, pile up, lump together, stash.

4. grate, rasp, grit, gride, clank, jangle, screech, creak, screak, shrill, stridulate, sound off key, jar, clash, set one's teeth on edge, squawk, caw, croak, bray, scratch, crunch, scrunch

5. bow, salaam, curtsy, genuflect, kowtow, kiss the hem or feet, grovel, bow, scrape

6. get by, barely manage, economize, be frugal or thrify, husband, conserve, manage

noun

7. grate, grating, rasp, rasping, filing, grinding, whetting, sanding, sanding, sandpapering, pumicing, stripping, decortication, decorticating, peeling, skinning, exoriation, excoriating, abrasion, abrading, chafe, chafing, graze, grazing, scour, scouring, scrub, scrubbing, polishing, smoothing, burnishing, buffing

8. bow, salaam, obiesance, curtsy, genuflection, kowtow, groveling, bowing, scraping

9. gritting, gride, clank, griding, clanking, jangle, jangling, screech, screeching, creak, creaking, screak, screaking, shrilling, stridulation, stridulating, sounding off key, jarring, clash, clashing, sqwuak, squawking, caw, cawing, croak, croaking, braying, scratch, scratching, crunch, crunching, scrunch, scrunching

10. abrasion, rub, scuff, graze, scratch, sore

11. predicament, imbroglio, position, situation, circumstance, dilemma, quandary, entanglement, trouble, difficulty, kettle of fish, plight, fix, pinch, strait, tough, tight spot, pickle, stew, mess, muddle

12. collision, clash, argument, quarrel, embroilment, altercation, squabble, wrangle, brawl, fight, strife, dispute, conflict, contention, controversy, debate, friction, dissension, disagreement, contrariety, difference of opinion


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