scraping

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English scrapinge, equivalent to scrape +‎ -ing.

Noun

scraping (plural scrapings)

The sound or action of something being scraped.
- 2003, Brad Steiger, Real Ghosts, Restless Spirits, and Haunted Places, page 30:
  We explored the basement, wherein she had so often heard heavy footsteps, thuddings, and scrapings.
Something removed by being scraped.
the scrapings of roads and ditches
(computing) Automated collection of data, data scraping.

Translations

action of scraping

Latin: rāsus m

material removed when something has been scraped

Bulgarian: стърготина (bg) f (stǎrgotina)
Finnish: kaape
French: raclement (fr) m
Greek: ξύσμα (el) n (xýsma), απόξεσμα (el) n (apóxesma), απόξυσμα (el) n (apóxysma)
Ancient: ψῆγμα n (psêgma)
Latin: strigmentum n
Maori: kotakota, hākuku
Spanish: peladura (es) f, mondadura f, monda (es) f

Etymology 2

From scrape +‎ -ing.

Verb

scraping

present participle of scrape

Anagrams

carpings, scarping

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