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scrape
A	noun
	1	scratch, scrape, scar, mark
			an indication of damage
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚attribute ╚quality ╚appearance; visual aspect ╚blemish; defect; mar ╚scratch, scrape, scar, mark
	2	scrape, scraping
			a deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility); "all that bowing and scraping did not impress him"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚visual communication ╚gesture; motion ╚bow; bowing; obeisance ╚scrape, scraping
	3	scrape, scraping, scratch, scratching
			a harsh noise made by scraping; "the scrape of violin bows distracted her"
		Category Tree: event ╚happening; occurrence; natural event ╚sound ╚noise ╚scrape, scraping, scratch, scratching
	4	abrasion, scratch, scrape, excoriation
			an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
		Category Tree: state ╚condition; status ╚pathological state ╚ill health; unhealthiness; health problem ╚injury; hurt; harm; trauma ╚wound; lesion ╚abrasion, scratch, scrape, excoriation ╚rope burn ╚graze
B	verb
	1	stub, scrape, skin, abrade
			strike against an object; "She stubbed her one's toe in the dark and now it's broken"
		Category Tree: change; alter; modify ╚indispose ╚hurt ╚injure; wound ╚stub, scrape, skin, abrade
	2	scrape, grate
			scratch repeatedly; "The cat scraped at the armchair"
		Category Tree: guide; run; draw; pass ╚rub ╚scrape, grate ╚paw
	3	scratch, scrape, scratch up
			cut the surface of; wear away the surface of
		Category Tree: move; displace ╚separate; disunite; divide; part ╚cut ╚incise ╚scratch, scrape, scratch up ╚scuff ╚claw
	4	skin, scrape
			bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of; "The boy skinned his knee when he fell"
		Category Tree: change; alter; modify ╚indispose ╚hurt ╚injure; wound ╚skin, scrape
	5	scrape, scrape up, come up
			gather (money or other resources) together over time; "She had scraped together enough money for college"
		Category Tree: have; have got; hold ╚keep; hold on ╚store; hive away; lay in; put in; salt away; stack away; stash away ╚roll up; collect; accumulate; pile up; amass; compile; hoard ╚scrape, scrape up, come up ╚nickel-and-dime
	6	scrape
			make by scraping; "They scraped a letter into the stone"
		Category Tree: make; create ╚scrape
	7	scrape, kowtow, genuflect
			bend the knees and bow in a servile manner
		Category Tree: change ╚change posture ╚bow ╚scrape, kowtow, genuflect

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