scrape with

Frequency: 7.18.5 per million words

to use a tool or object to scrape something

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Examples (10)

  • I scraped the carrots with a knife.
  • He scraped the ice off the windshield with a plastic scraper.
  • The artist scraped the excess paint with a palette knife.
  • She scraped the dried mud off her boots with a stick.
  • You should scrape the burnt toast with a butter knife.
  • They scraped the old wallpaper off the wall with a metal spatula.
  • The archaeologist scraped the soil away with a small brush.
  • Try to scrape the sticker off with your fingernail.
  • The chef scraped the seeds out of the vanilla pod with a spoon.
  • We scraped the rust off the iron gate with some wire wool.