scraping

4 definitions • 7 examples

the act of removing the surface from something using a sharp edge or something rough :

Use techniques that generate less dust, such as wet sanding or scraping.

I do all the chopping, scraping and pressing the garlic.

the act of rubbing against a surface so that slight damage or an unpleasant noise is produced:

I heard the scraping of a chair and then footsteps.

There was a scraping noise as the train derailed.

a small part that has been removed from the surface of something with a sharp edge or something rough :

The pathologist collected fingernail scrapings from Craig's hands.

The roads are so narrow that trucks leave scrapings of paint on the mountain walls.

the activity of taking information from a website or computer screen and putting it into spreadsheet (= an electronic document in which information is arranged in rows and columns and can be used in calculations) on a computer:

The law on scraping is still not fully developed, so the push for more and more online data moves forward on uncertain ground.