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 company has reportedly blocked GenAI platforms from scraping information from its website, preventing its listings from showing up on places like ChatGPT.

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I also found myself in urgent care needing Dermabond to glue my wound closed a few weeks ago, after scraping my finger.

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Getting rid of him will require a good deal of scraping.

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Back in the PG25 community hub in John Wood Street, volunteer Addie Williams is enjoying a free coffee after a morning "scraping out shop doorways".

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They confuse cruelty with bravery and kindness with weakness while scraping and bowing before their dark lord Donny.

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