English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of scrape

scrape

/noun/ परिमार्जन; नोच; नखरेखा; खरोंच; सफ़ाई; झंझट; लड़ाई; हाथापाई;
/verb/कुरेदना; खुरचना; छीलना; खरोंचना; साफ़ करना; नोचना; बकोटना; हवा खाकर रहना; रोज़ कुआँ खोदना; जमा करना; खोदना; धक्का-पेल करके घुस जाना; संकट; कष्ट; दिक्कत; खिंचाव; उलझन;

Synonym scour; scuff; scratch; graze; purifying; mess; battle; melee; poke; shave; pare; scrabble;

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English Dictionary:

1. Scrape

[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.
- A drawing back of the right foot when bowing; also, a bow made with that accompaniment.
- 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.

2. Scrape

[v. i.]

- To rub over the surface of anything with something which roughens or removes it, or which smooths or cleans it; to rub harshly and noisily along.
- To occupy one's self with getting laboriously; as, he scraped and saved until he became rich.
- To play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or like instrument.
- To draw back the right foot along the ground or floor when making a bow.

3. Scrape

[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.
- To remove by rubbing or scraping (in the sense above).
- 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.
- 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.