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scraping

[ skrey-ping ]

noun

  1. the act of a person or thing that scrapes.
  2. the sound of something being scraped.
  3. Usually scrapings. something that is scraped off, up, or together.
  4. Digital Technology. the process of extracting data from a digital source for automated replication, formatting, or manipulation by a computer program, as in data mining or website data analysis: web scraping;

    screen scraping;

    web scraping;

    URL scraping.



scraping

/ ˈɪɪŋ /

noun

  1. the act of scraping
  2. a sound produced by scraping
  3. often plural something scraped off, together, or up; a small amount
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • iԲ· adverb
  • ԴDz·iԲ adjective
  • ܲ·iԲ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of scraping1

A late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; scrape, -ing 1
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After scraping you’ll likely be left with subsoil, layers of clay or sand, that lack the life-giving nutrients plants require.

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“A lot of community health centers have been scraping their websites and taking words like ‘trans’ and ‘African American’ off their websites.

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Three trenches were selected for excavation with volunteers digging, scraping and brushing deep into the earth in search of evidence.

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The bowing and scraping from some corporate bigwigs is so pathetic that it sometimes gets comical.

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You can also grab a fresh young coconut from Farmhouse Kitchen for $12 — get your money’s worth by scraping out the meat after you’ve finished the hydrating drink.

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