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Exact Match:

scrape

a deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility); "all that bowing and scraping did not impress him"

a harsh noise made by scraping; "the scrape of violin bows distracted her"

scratch repeatedly; "The cat scraped at the armchair"

gather (money or other resources) together over time; "She had scraped together enough money for college"; "they scratched a meager living"

make by scraping; "They scraped a letter into the stone"

bend the knees and bow in a servile manner

Synonyms:

• ablate,
• ablation,
• abrade,
• abrase,
• abrasion,
• abrasive,
• accumulate,
• aggregate,
• amass,
• assemble,
• attrition,
• autolithograph,
• baffle,
• bafflement,
• bark,
• be a printmaker,
• belch,
• bend,
• bend the knee,
• bend the neck,
• bending the knee,
• bewilderment,
• bind,
• blare,
• blat,
• blemish,
• bloody,
• bob,
• bob a curtsy,
• bob down,
• bore,
• bother,
• bow,
• bow and scrape,
• bow down,
• bow the head,
• bowing and scraping,
• box,
• bray,
• break,
• bruise,
• brush,
• brush by,
• buffing,
• burn,
• burnishing,
• burr,
• burrow,
• buzz,
• cackle,
• caress,
• carve,
• caw,
• chafe,
• chafing,
• character,
• check,
• chip,
• chirr,
• chisel,
• clang,
• clangor,
• clank,
• clash,
• claw,
• clutch,
• come in contact,
• compile,
• complication,
• concussion,
• confoundment,
• confusion,
• contact,
• cope,
• corner,
• crack,
• crackle,
• craunch,
• craze,
• crease,
• cribble,
• croak,
• crosshatch,
• crump,
• crunch,
• curtsy,
• cut,
• damage,
• delve,
• detrition,
• difficulty,
• dig,
• dig out,
• dike,
• dilemma,
• dipping the colors,
• discomfiture,
• discomposure,
• disconcert,
• disconcertedness,
• disconcertion,
• disconcertment,
• disturbance,
• dredge,
• dredge up,
• dressing,
• drill,
• drive,
• economize,
• embarrassing position,
• embarrassment,
• enchase,
• enforce economies,
• engrave,
• enigma,
• erase,
• erasure,
• erode,
• erosion,
• excavate,
• fall down before,
• fiddle,
• file,
• filing,
• fine how-do-you-do,
• fix,
• flash burn,
• fracture,
• fray,
• frazzle,
• fret,
• fretting,
• furrow,
• gall,
• galling,
• garner,
• gash,
• gather,
• genuflect,
• genuflection,
• get along,
• get by,
• get hold of,
• glance,
• glean,
• gnaw,
• gnaw away,
• gouge,
• gouge out,
• grate,
• grave,
• graze,
• grazing,
• grind,
• grinding,
• groan,
• groove,
• grovel,
• growl,
• grub,
• grumble,
• hatch,
• hell to pay,
• hit,
• hobble,
• hole,
• homage,
• hot water,
• how-do-you-do,
• hurt,
• husband,
• imbroglio,
• impinge,
• incise,
• incision,
• inclination,
• injure,
• injury,
• inscribe,
• jam,
• jangle,
• jar,
• keep within compass,
• kiss,
• kneel,
• kneeling,
• kowtow,
• lacerate,
• laceration,
• lesion,
• limation,
• line,
• lithograph,
• lower,
• lower oneself,
• maim,
• make a leg,
• make ends meet,
• make mincemeat of,
• make obeisance,
• make prints,
• making a leg,
• manage,
• mark,
• marshal,
• maul,
• mess,
• mine,
• mix,
• morass,
• mortal wound,
• muddle,
• muster,
• mutilate,
• mutilation,
• mystery,
• nod,
• nonplus,
• nudge,
• obeisance,
• obsequiousness,
• osculate,
• parlous straits,
• pass,
• perplexity,
• perturbation,
• pickle,
• pierce,
• pile up,
• pinch,
• play violin,
• plight,
• polishing,
• position,
• pother,
• predicament,
• presenting arms,
• pretty pass,
• pretty pickle,
• pretty predicament,
• print,
• problem,
• prostration,
• puncture,
• put something aside,
• puzzle,
• puzzlement,
• quagmire,
• quandary,
• quarry,
• quicksand,
• rasp,
• rasping,
• raze,
• remove,
• rend,
• rent,
• reverence,
• riddle,
• rip,
• rub,
• rub away,
• rub off,
• rub out,
• rubbing away,
• run,
• rupture,
• salaam,
• salutation,
• salute,
• sandblasting,
• sanding,
• sap,
• savage,
• save,
• save up,
• saw,
• scald,
• scoop,
• scoop out,
• scorch,
• score,
• scotch,
• scour,
• scouring,
• scrabble,
• scranch,
• scrape along,
• scrape and save,
• scraping,
• scratch,
• scratching,
• screw,
• scrimp,
• scrub,
• scrubbing,
• scrunch,
• scuff,
• sculpture,
• second-degree burn,
• servility,
• shave,
• shining,
• shovel,
• sideswipe,
• sink,
• situation,
• skim,
• skimp,
• skin,
• skirt,
• slash,
• slit,
• slough,
• smoothing,
• snarl,
• snore,
• sore,
• spade,
• spare,
• spot,
• sprain,
• squeak by,
• squeeze,
• stab,
• stab wound,
• stack up,
• standing at attention,
• stew,
• stick,
• sticky wicket,
• stint,
• stipple,
• strain,
• strait,
• straits,
• struggle,
• submission,
• submissiveness,
• survive,
• swamp,
• sweep,
• tear,
• third-degree burn,
• tight spot,
• tight squeeze,
• tightrope,
• toady,
• tool,
• touch,
• touch lightly,
• touch upon,
• trauma,
• traumatize,
• trench,
• tricky spot,
• trouble,
• trough,
• tunnel,
• twang,
• unassuredness,
• unholy mess,
• upset,
• wear,
• wear away,
• wearing away,
• wound,
• wounds immedicable,
• wrench