scraping

1. 1.

   (usually plural) a fragment scraped off of something and collected

   “they collected blood scrapings for analysis”

   Broaderfragment

   plural

2. 2.

   a harsh noise made by scraping

   “the scrape of violin bows distracted her”

   Synonymsscrapescratchscratching

   Broadernoise
3. 3.

   a deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility)

   “all that bowing and scraping did not impress him”

   Synonymsscrape

   Broaderbow

Other forms of scraping

plural

scrapings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about scraping

What does scraping mean?

scraping means "(usually plural) a fragment scraped off of something and collected". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in scraping?

scraping has 2 syllables: scra-ping. The stress falls on "scra". In IPA it is /ˈskɹeɪpɪŋ/.

What is another word for scraping?

Close synonyms include scrape, scratch, scratching, scrape. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is scraping a common word?

scraping is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.