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as in grits
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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Recent Examples of scrapes
Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
Police said the victim sustained visible injuries to his hand and reported additional pain and possible scrapes to his shin.
—Stepheny Price , Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 2 May 2026
This day's aches and scrapes might last a little longer.
—CBS News, 1 May 2026
There have been 22 reports of the stools collapsing with six injuries, including bruising and scrapes.
—Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026
Rappers have been using scrapes with violence and death as promotional material forever.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 16 Apr. 2026
The victim, a 31-year-old man, had visible facial injuries, including scrapes, lacerations and swelling, and injuries indicative of being dragged on pavement, police wrote.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 2 Apr. 2026
Water damage, humidity, and hinges that need adjustments can also create shifts that leave scrapes and wear.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2026
There, the team focused on hydrating and warming him while treating cuts and scrapes on his belly and underside, along with an infection.
—Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 4 Mar. 2026
Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2026
Avery Sullivan, with whom Morris also plays in the country-rock band Fust, keeps loose time on drums, tapping the snare like someone setting down coffee mugs while Libby Rodenbough scrapes out a few melody lines on her fiddle and colors empty spaces with some ghostly tremolo.
—Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 1 Apr. 2026
To show me, Max reaches a metal pick into a tank of clear water and scrapes a white line that seems to hover in the center of the tank.
—Blair Braverman, Outside, 3 Mar. 2026
Meyer helped design a tracking system that scrapes data from Zillow to detect price hikes greater than 10%.
—Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
Kgasi makes his way down to one of the vertical surfaces of the pit and scrapes it gently.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 4 Feb. 2026
With a palette knife, Callie Siskel scrapes at the raw face of elegy, revealing interior forms on a canvas where the poet’s father lives beyond death.
—Gabrielle Bellot, Literary Hub, 26 Nov. 2025
But the legendary key party scene only scrapes the surface, and the film's blue-gray moodiness is downright enveloping, not to mention its brutally honest depiction of family ties.
—Gwen Ihnat, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Nov. 2025
Nobody catches it for week, until someone scrapes customer addresses and posts them online.
—Daniel Fusch, Ascend Agency, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
At a June 12 protest, a federal agent shoved freelance journalist Anna Sophia Moltke to the ground, causing sprains on her left arm and leg and deep scrapes to her hip and knee that have since scarred.
—Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
Police said the victim sustained visible injuries to his hand and reported additional pain and possible scrapes to his shin.
—Stepheny Price , Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 2 May 2026
This day's aches and scrapes might last a little longer.
—CBS News, 1 May 2026
There have been 22 reports of the stools collapsing with six injuries, including bruising and scrapes.
—Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026
Rappers have been using scrapes with violence and death as promotional material forever.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 16 Apr. 2026
The victim, a 31-year-old man, had visible facial injuries, including scrapes, lacerations and swelling, and injuries indicative of being dragged on pavement, police wrote.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 2 Apr. 2026
Water damage, humidity, and hinges that need adjustments can also create shifts that leave scrapes and wear.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2026
There, the team focused on hydrating and warming him while treating cuts and scrapes on his belly and underside, along with an infection.
—Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 4 Mar. 2026
Verb
All these ideas and connections sort of gradually built up in the same way that Yoriko, the sculptor, gradually adds clay to her model — and then scrapes some off again, and then adds new bits.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2026
Avery Sullivan, with whom Morris also plays in the country-rock band Fust, keeps loose time on drums, tapping the snare like someone setting down coffee mugs while Libby Rodenbough scrapes out a few melody lines on her fiddle and colors empty spaces with some ghostly tremolo.
—Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 1 Apr. 2026
To show me, Max reaches a metal pick into a tank of clear water and scrapes a white line that seems to hover in the center of the tank.
—Blair Braverman, Outside, 3 Mar. 2026
Meyer helped design a tracking system that scrapes data from Zillow to detect price hikes greater than 10%.
—Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
Kgasi makes his way down to one of the vertical surfaces of the pit and scrapes it gently.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 4 Feb. 2026
With a palette knife, Callie Siskel scrapes at the raw face of elegy, revealing interior forms on a canvas where the poet’s father lives beyond death.
—Gabrielle Bellot, Literary Hub, 26 Nov. 2025
But the legendary key party scene only scrapes the surface, and the film's blue-gray moodiness is downright enveloping, not to mention its brutally honest depiction of family ties.
—Gwen Ihnat, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Nov. 2025
Nobody catches it for week, until someone scrapes customer addresses and posts them online.
—Daniel Fusch, Ascend Agency, 28 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrapes
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As humans spread deeper into bears' natural habitats around the world, encounters are becoming more common in some places.—
Ahmad Mukhtar,
CBS News,
13 May 2026
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Juvenile great whites seen near local shores do not view humans as food, and the risk of negative encounters is low.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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In rare cases, it can be spread through rodent bites or scratches, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
7 May 2026
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The scratches, mild but visible, are from the ravenous audience who pushes toward her night after night — grasping for a hug, a high-five, a brush of her fingers or the hem of her sleeve.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
7 May 2026
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The attack left Wilson with a concussion, as well as bruises and abrasions throughout her face and body.—
Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
8 May 2026
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But by May 2027, the bruises suffered and the regrets carried may well be part of a different kind of journey.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Scrapes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrapes. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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