scraping

[skrey-ping]

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.

scraping

/ 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

Other Word Forms

• scrapingly adverb
• nonscraping adjective
• unscraping adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of scraping¹

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

Example Sentences

The removal of the two-child benefit limit will mean no longer "scraping the barrel every month" to afford bills and food, a mother-of-three has said.

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In Ian McEwan’s “What We Can Know,” war, sea-level rise and other upheavals have left humanity scraping by and unsure of itself.

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I used blood orange and lemon, scraping their zest and squeezing their juice into the batter, which is enriched with more than a half-cup of olive oil.

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With Kirk Cousins at quarterback and no Drake London, Atlanta is scraping by.

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Then a loud scraping noise sounds from the back door.

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