Definitions for: Scraping


[n] a deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility); "all that bowing and scraping did not impress him"
[n] a harsh noise made by scraping; "the scrape of violin bows distracted her"
[n] a fragment scraped off of something and collected (usually plural); "they collected blood scrapings for analysis"



Webster (1913) Definition: Scrap"ing, n.
1. The act of scraping; the act or process of making even, or
reducing to the proper form, by means of a scraper.

2. Something scraped off; that which is separated from a
substance, or is collected by scraping; as, the scraping
of the street.


Scrap"ing, a.
Resembling the act of, or the effect produced by, one who, or
that which, scrapes; as, a scraping noise; a scraping miser.
-- Scrap"ing*ly, adv.

Synonyms: scrape, scrape, scratch, scratching

See Also: bow, bowing, fragment, noise, obeisance

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