scraping
Americannoun
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the act of a person or thing that scrapes.
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the sound of something being scraped.
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Usually scrapings. something that is scraped off, up, or together.
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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.
noun
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the act of scraping
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a sound produced by scraping
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(often plural) something scraped off, together, or up; a small amount
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
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
On average, scraping behavior appeared after just 82 minutes.
From Science Daily
Without a broker’s expertise, tenants are “just scraping the surface,” Sheldon said.
On another day, Brook's admission that England had "probably underestimated a couple of the sides" when scraping through the group stage would have taken the headlines.
From BBC
“I would argue there are other ways that we could accomplish children’s safety goals online that don’t require scraping as much personal data from people.”
From Salon
What got Wolny from scraping by in the Midwest to a fabulous life as a money and culture journalist for places like Time and Out Magazine was a lot of mindset shifting.
From MarketWatch
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