scrape gently

Frequency: 6.22.8 per million words

to scrape with a light touch

Categories:

Examples (10)

  • She needs to scrape the frost gently off the car window.
  • The artist began to scrape the paint gently from the canvas.
  • He had to scrape the old glue gently from the antique furniture.
  • Please scrape the burnt bits gently off the toast.
  • With a small tool, she managed to scrape the dirt gently from the delicate artifact.
  • The chef would scrape the vanilla bean gently to extract its seeds.
  • They instructed him to scrape the moss gently from the ancient stone.
  • During the restoration, workers must scrape the old plaster gently to avoid damage.
  • Can you scrape the residue gently off this plate?
  • He learned to scrape the ice gently from the wings of the aircraft.