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.
unscraped
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a word derived from
scrape.
Example Sentences
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In the Palisades fire zone, the numbers were much more assuring: less than 3% of soil samples from scraped portions of properties and about 12% from unscraped areas had elevated lead levels.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2025
On the last half-mile, turning out of the Salinas Valley and driving up the unscraped road under the great oak trees, Samuel tried to plait a rage to take care of his embarrassment.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
Beneath the wagon was always swung a "rawhide"—a dried, untanned, unscraped cow's hide, fastened by its four corners beneath the wagon bed.
From The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier by Edgar Beecher Bronson
Indeed, it is surprising that you should care to write to a rough, unscraped sort of person like myself.
From Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther by Elizabeth von Arnim
East India ginger is unscraped; its races are dark ash colored externally, and are larger than those of the African ginger.
