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adjective

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as in scrubbed

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scraped

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verb

past tense of scrape
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as in scratched
to pass roughly and noisily over or against a surface the rusty old gate scrapes against the pavement whenever anyone opens it

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as in grazed
to damage by rubbing against a sharp or rough surface she scraped her knee when she fell down

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as in gritted
to press or strike against or together so as to make a scraping sound she scraped her fingernails across the chalkboard to get everyone's attention

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scrape (by or through)

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scraped (by or through)

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“Scraped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scraped. Accessed 29 May. 2023.

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