scrape dirt
Frequency: 6.56.8 per million words
remove dirt by pushing or pulling a hard or sharp object across it
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Examples (10)
- Use a knife to scrape the dirt from your boots.
- He had to scrape the dried dirt off the shovel.
- The gardener used a trowel to scrape dirt from the tools.
- She carefully scraped the dirt away from the plant roots.
- Workers scrape dirt and debris from the construction site daily.
- The archaeologist gently scraped dirt from the ancient artifact.
- You need to scrape all the dirt off before painting the surface.
- The mechanic scraped caked dirt from the car's undercarriage.
- Children love to scrape dirt with sticks in the playground.
- The farmer scraped excess dirt from his muddy equipment.