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scrape - a deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility); "all that bowing and scraping did not impress him" |
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scraping |
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bowing,
obeisance,
bow managing the bow in playing a stringed instrument; "the violinist's bowing was excellent"
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scrape - a harsh noise made by scraping; "the scrape of violin bows distracted her" |
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scraping,
scratch,
scratching |
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noise incomprehensibility resulting from irrelevant information or meaningless facts or remarks; "all the noise in his speech concealed the fact that he didn't have anything to say"
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| verbo |
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scrape - bend the knees and bow in a servile manner |
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kowtow,
genuflect |
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bow bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head; "He bowed before the King"; "She bowed her head in shame"
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scrape - scratch repeatedly; "The cat scraped at the armchair" |
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grate |
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rub move over something with pressure; "rub my hands"; "rub oil into her skin"
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paw touch clumsily; "The man tried to paw her"
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scrape - gather (money or other resources) together over time; "She had scraped together enough money for college"; "they scratched a meager living" |
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scratch |
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accumulate,
amass,
hoard,
compile,
pile up,
collect,
roll up collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up"
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nickel-and-dime accumulate gradually; "she nickeled-and-dimed together a small house for her family"
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scrape - make by scraping; "They scraped a letter into the stone" |
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create,
make create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses"
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