SCRAPING as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility)
   Synonym(s)
   • scrape (what does scrape mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • all that bowing and scraping did not impress him
   Hypernyms(s) scraping is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • bow (what does bow mean?)
   • bowing (what does bowing mean?)
   • obeisance (what does obeisance mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • scrape (what does scrape mean?)
   • kowtow (what does kowtow mean?)
   • genuflect (what does genuflect mean?)
   • scrape (what does scrape mean?)
   • kowtow (what does kowtow mean?)
   • genuflect (what does genuflect mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a harsh noise made by scraping
   Synonym(s)
   • scrape (what does scrape mean?)
   • scratch (what does scratch mean?)
   • scratching (what does scratching mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the scrape of violin bows distracted her
   Hypernyms(s) scraping is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • noise (what does noise mean?)
3. Meaning
   • (usually plural) a fragment scraped off of something and collected
   Usage Example(s)
   • they collected blood scrapings for analysis
   Hypernyms(s) scraping is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • fragment (what does fragment mean?)