"scrab" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /skɹæb/ Forms: scrabs [plural]
Rhymes: -æb Etymology: From Middle English scrabbe, variant of crabbe (“crabapple”); ultimately of Germanic origin, plausibly from North Germanic, cognate with Swedish dialect scrabba, krabbäpple. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|scrabbe}} Middle English scrabbe, {{uder|en|gem|-}} Germanic, {{uder|en|gmq|-}} North Germanic Head templates: {{en-noun}} scrab (plural scrabs)
  1. A crabapple. Categories (lifeform): Pome fruits
    Sense id: en-scrab-en-noun-FHCJQxCF Disambiguation of Pome fruits: 96 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /skɹæb/ Forms: scrabs [present, singular, third-person], scrabbing [participle, present], scrabbed [participle, past], scrabbed [past]
Rhymes: -æb Etymology: From Middle French and Old French schrabben (“to scrape, scratch”), from Frankish *skaban, from Proto-Germanic *skabaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skabʰ- (“to scratch”); compare Old High German skaban, Irish scríobann and sgrìoban. Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|-}} Middle French, {{der|en|fro|schrabben||to scrape, scratch}} Old French schrabben (“to scrape, scratch”), {{der|en|frk|*skaban}} Frankish *skaban, {{der|en|gem-pro|*skabaną}} Proto-Germanic *skabaną, {{der|en|ine-pro|*skabʰ-||to scratch}} Proto-Indo-European *skabʰ- (“to scratch”), {{cog|goh|skaban}} Old High German skaban, {{cog|ga|scríobann}} Irish scríobann Head templates: {{en-verb}} scrab (third-person singular simple present scrabs, present participle scrabbing, simple past and past participle scrabbed)
  1. (transitive) To scrape or scratch. Tags: transitive Derived forms: scrabbed eggs, scrabber Translations (to scratch): schrabben (French)
    Sense id: en-scrab-en-verb-2FUrDHP8 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with French translations
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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