"scrape off" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: scrapes off [present, singular, third-person], scraping off [participle, present], scraped off [participle, past], scraped off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} scrape off (third-person singular simple present scrapes off, present participle scraping off, simple past and past participle scraped off)
  1. (transitive) To remove (something) by a scraping action. Tags: transitive Synonyms: raze Translations (remove by a scraping action): skrapa bort (Swedish), skrapa av (Swedish), சீவு (cīvu) (Tamil), зішкріба́ти (ziškribáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), зшкріба́ти (zškribáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), зішкребти́ (ziškrebtý) [perfective] (Ukrainian), зшкребти́ (zškrebtý) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-scrape_off-en-verb-m39lYrcN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "off", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tamil translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "off": 76 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 71 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Tamil translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of 'remove by a scraping action': 56 44
  2. (transitive) To clean (something) by a scraping action. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-scrape_off-en-verb-iEtm-oY3

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To remove (something) by a scraping action."
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        "(transitive) To remove (something) by a scraping action."
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      "sense": "remove by a scraping action",
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      "sense": "remove by a scraping action",
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      "code": "ta",
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      "lang_code": "ta",
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      "sense": "remove by a scraping action",
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      "sense": "remove by a scraping action",
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      "sense": "remove by a scraping action",
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      "word": "зішкребти́"
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      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "zškrebtý",
      "sense": "remove by a scraping action",
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      "word": "зшкребти́"
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