scrape
verb (used with object)
to deprive of or free from an outer layer, adhering matter, etc., or to smooth by drawing or rubbing something, especially a sharp or rough instrument, over the surface.
am scraping
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present progressiveof scrape (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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I am scraping crusted-over mashed peas off of the dining table.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2021
I am not content and I am scraping off, still scraping off.
From Time Magazine Archive
With a constitution like mine, you never know—to-morrow I may be carrying topgallant sails again: but just at present I am scraping along with a jurymast and a kind of amateur rudder.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 23 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
"I am scraping the feet of my brother Osiris, so that he may not befoul heaven with earthly dust," replied the dissector dressed as Typhon.
From The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt by Jeremiah Curtin
“I am scraping the feet of my brother Osiris, so that he may not befoul heaven with earthly dust,” replied the dissector dressed as Typhon.
From The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt by Alexander Glovatski
