Talk:scrape

I took the templates for the footnotes here, because I haven't found any equivalent in wiktionary help. That doesn't seem to work thoroughly, apparently, but I left it anyway counting on the fact that someone would soon find a solution.--Fonzo 08:54, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

RFV discussion
Senses: abortion, nest. --Connel MacKenzie 16:17, 13 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Yes, I've seen both. OED2+ has scrape as slang for an abortion by D and C since 1968 and as a nest on the ground used by some varieties of birds since 1942 or possibly earlier. B.g.c. for pregnant "a scrape" gives 103 hits, with at least three clearly using the word in the intended sense without surrounding it in quotes, and b.g.c. for bird egg scrape gives 618 hits with several in the first 30 looking good. --Eng in ear 21:21, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Care to cite it, then? —RuakhTALK 04:54, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Now cited. —RuakhTALK 21:38, 2 June 2007 (UTC)


 * RFVpassed. &mdash; Beobach972 03:57, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

RFV discussion (2)
Sense 2 of the verb should be the phrasal verb to scrape off. The definition itself states that the adverb is necessary. Algrif 13:16, 22 July 2007 (UTC)


 * I really don't think this needs verification, since there doesn't seem to be factual disagreement over how the verb is used; I think you should just be bold and fix it. :-) —RuakhTALK 16:28, 22 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Wait, on second thought, can't you say, "I scraped the crud into a trash can"? —RuakhTALK 16:30, 22 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks. You're absolutely right. That's what I needed to know. I'll leave sense 2 in there and just add scrape off with the same meaning. Algrif 17:56, 22 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks Ruakh for the be bold link. I hadn't actually read that page. It has put my mind at rest about many doubts. Algrif 11:18, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

I am totally a newbee here
but when I click on the link Icelandic skrapa (only it's a blue link on the Entry Page) and it takes me to Swedish, it's. . .WTF. . ..like .. cause for a crusade or something. But I am not sure what to do and what has gotten me this far in life is, when not sure, talk about it. Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 03:18, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
 * The link just goes to skrapa:. We do not yet have an Icelandic entry; only a Swedish one. If you know Icelandic, please add it! --Μετάknowledgediscuss/deeds 03:28, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

transitive and intransitive: barely do something
transitive and intransitive:to barely manage to do or achieve something He just scraped through law school. Microsoft® Encarta® 2009 --Backinstadiums (talk) 19:04, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

Possible missing verb senses
Chambers 1908 has (transitive) "to erase" and (intransitive) "to grub in the ground". Equinox ◑ 14:17, 24 March 2020 (UTC)

Shave
The verb sense meaning ‘shave’ is definitely not obsolete, my dad uses it all the time like this and I sometimes do to. Perhaps it warrants a ‘dated/archaic’ or even a ‘dialect’ tag (my dad is originally from Staffordshire, which might be relevant) but not ‘obsolete’, so I’ve removed this. Overlordnat1 (talk)|

Two new noun defs
I've added two new noun definitions which are similar to current ones, but I think not already covered:


 * a shallow pond often dug for birds - not the same thing as def. 5 which is a much smaller depression dug by a bird
 * a thin layer, e.g. "a scrape of butter" - not I think covered by def. 8 (cheap butter) or 9 (a thin layer specifically of butter, in the phrase "bread and scrape") - the new def is more like a unit, and can be used with other things such as "a scrape of Marmite". Blenge Hackett (talk) 16:24, 28 January 2024 (UTC)