Synonyms for scraping
scrap·ing

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1. scrapingnoun

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

   "they collected blood scrapings for analysis"

   Synonyms:
   scratching, scrape, scratch

2. scrape, scraping, scratch, scratchingnoun

   a harsh noise made by scraping

   "the scrape of violin bows distracted her"

   Synonyms:
   lolly, start, clams, cacography, scrawl, starting line, cabbage, wampum, lucre, boodle, mark, incision, gelt, scratch line, scratching, bread, slit, lettuce, prick, loot, sugar, chicken feed, scratch, simoleons, abrasion, pelf, dough, dinero, kale, scrape, excoriation, scar, scribble, dent, shekels, moolah

3. scrape, scrapingnoun

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

   "all that bowing and scraping did not impress him"

   Synonyms:
   excoriation, abrasion, scar, scratch, mark, scratching, scrape

Matched Categories

1. • Bow
   • Fragment
   • Noise

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1. List of paraphrases for "scraping":

   scratching

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1. Shalom Blac:

   I remember just screaming and scraping my body, and my skin was literally falling on the floor, i remember my mom telling me that I fainted. She thought I was gone.

2. Darcisio Perondi:

   The government is scraping the bottom of the barrel, offering jobs in ministries and money for public works in congressional districts.

3. Adam Marsh:

   We're just now scraping the surface about nuts-and-bolts paleontology.

4. Alastair Key:

   The diversity of tools is fantastic. In the 1920s, the site produced some of earliest handaxes ever discovered in Britain. Now, for the first time, we have found rare evidence of scraping and piercing implements at this very early age.

5. Karen Akpan:

   We were just sick and tired of being sick and tired of all the bills and living in California and barely scraping by, we decided we just wanted to do something different for our son.