scraping

American  

[skrey-ping] / ˈskreɪ pɪŋ /

noun

1. the act of a person or thing that scrapes.

2. the sound of something being scraped.

3. Usually scrapings. something that is scraped off, up, or together.

4. Digital Technology. the process of extracting data from a digital source for automated replication, formatting, or manipulation by a computer program, as in data mining or website data analysis: web scraping;

   screen scraping;

   web scraping;

   URL scraping.

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scraping British  

/ ˈskreɪpɪŋ /

noun

1. the act of scraping

2. a sound produced by scraping

3. (often plural) something scraped off, together, or up; a small amount

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Other Word Forms

• nonscraping adjective
• scrapingly adverb
• unscraping adjective

Etymology

Origin of scraping

A late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; scrape, -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Chair Dame Karen Bradley said it felt to the committee police were "scraping" to find a reason to justify the ban.

From BBC

Past audits have usually found that the traders behind the suspicious activity weren’t true insiders, but instead obtained information via legal means, such as scraping websites for clues of a coming announcement, the person added.

From The Wall Street Journal

The scratching alerts us to what will be increasingly vigorous attacks on the canvas surface—scraping, rubbing, incising fine lines—emphasizing the character of her paintings as objects, rather than representations.

From The Wall Street Journal

In Hollywood, there’s an old joke among wannabe actors scraping by doing odd jobs between auditions: “Well, right now I’m parking cars, but what I really want to do is direct!”

From Salon

Media organizations are suing AI companies for allegedly scraping their content to power large-language models without compensation, while others have forged content deals.

From The Wall Street Journal

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