"scraping" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: scrapings [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English scrapinge, equivalent to scrape + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|scrapinge}} Middle English scrapinge, {{suffix|en|scrape|ing}} scrape + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun}} scraping (plural scrapings)
  1. The sound or action of something being scraped. Categories (topical): Sounds Synonyms: scrape Translations (action of scraping): rāsus [masculine] (Latin)
    Sense id: en-scraping-en-noun-0Jl9yXB7 Disambiguation of Sounds: 49 16 17 18 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 36 33 4 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 25 32 31 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 36 31 5 Disambiguation of 'action of scraping': 100 0 0
  2. Something removed by being scraped. Synonyms: scrape Translations (material removed when something has been scraped): ψῆγμα (psêgma) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), стърготина (stǎrgotina) [feminine] (Bulgarian), kaape (Finnish), raclement [masculine] (French), ξύσμα (xýsma) [neuter] (Greek), απόξεσμα (apóxesma) [neuter] (Greek), απόξυσμα (apóxysma) [neuter] (Greek), strigmentum [neuter] (Latin), kotakota (Maori), hākuku (Maori), peladura [feminine] (Spanish), mondadura [feminine] (Spanish), monda [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-scraping-en-noun-mZCRd~j~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 36 33 4 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 25 32 31 11 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 30 39 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 36 31 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 39 27 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 24 46 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 25 47 29 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 27 42 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 28 43 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 25 47 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 28 42 31 Disambiguation of 'material removed when something has been scraped': 29 61 10
  3. (computing) Automated collection of data, data scraping. Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-scraping-en-noun-y9p5akfb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing, Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Greek translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 36 33 4 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 25 32 31 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 36 31 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 21 31 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 19 29 52 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bowing and scraping, data scraping, screen scraping, web scraping
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Etymology: From scrape + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|scrape|ing}} scrape + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} scraping
  1. present participle and gerund of scrape Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: scrape
    Sense id: en-scraping-en-verb-f37HnoXi Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 25 32 31 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "material removed when something has been scraped",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mondadura"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "material removed when something has been scraped",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    }
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}

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    "English non-lemma forms",
    "English terms suffixed with -ing",
    "English verb forms",
    "English verbal nouns",
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    "Pages with entries",
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    }
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      "form_of": [
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          "word": "scrape"
        }
      ],
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        "present participle and gerund of scrape"
      ],
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    }
  ],
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}

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