# scrape

> English word · Verb · IPA /skɹeɪp/ · frequency rank #17,236

## Definitions
1. To draw (an object, especially a sharp or angular one), along (something) while exerting pressure.
2. To remove (something) by drawing an object along in this manner.
3. To injure or damage by rubbing across a surface.
4. To barely manage to achieve or attain.
5. To collect or gather, especially without regard to the quality of what is chosen.
6. To extract data by automated means from a format not intended to be machine-readable, such as a screenshot or a formatted web page.
7. To occupy oneself with getting laboriously.
8. To play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or similar instrument.
9. To draw back the right foot along the ground or floor when making a bow.
10. To express disapprobation of (a play, etc.) or to silence (a speaker) by drawing the feet back and forth upon the floor; usually with down.

## Etymology
From Middle English scrapen, from Old Norse skrapa (“to scrape, scratch”) and Old English scrapian (“to scrape, scratch”), both from Proto-Germanic *skrapōną, *skrepaną (“to scrape, scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *skrebʰ- (“to engrave”).
Cognate with Dutch schrapen (“to scrape”), schrappen (“to strike through; to cancel; to scrap”), schrabben (“to scratch”), German schrappen (“to scrape”), Danish skrabe (“to scrape”), Icelandic skrapa (“to scrape”), Walloon screper (“to scrape”), Latin scribō (“dig with a pen, draw, write”).

## Easily confused with
- **shape** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scrape-vs-shape)
- **strap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scrape-vs-strap)
- **Snape** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scrape-vs-snape)
- **scrip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scrape-vs-scrip)
- **script** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scrape-vs-script)
- **stripe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scrape-vs-stripe)
- **scraps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scrape-vs-scraps)
- **scribe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scrape-vs-scribe)
- **scrappy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scrape-vs-scrappy)
- **scraper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scrape-vs-scraper)
- **scrapped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scrape-vs-scrapped)
- **scale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scale-vs-scrape)
- **scope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scope-vs-scrape)
- **scare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scare-vs-scrape)
- **scrap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scrap-vs-scrape)

## Common misspellings (9)
`csrape`, `scarpe`, `sccrape`, `scraep`, `scrappe`, `scrpae`, `scrrape`, `srcape`, `sscrape`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/scrape