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Scrape

To rub over the surface of (something) with a sharp or rough instrument; to rub over with something that roughens by removing portions of the surface; to grate harshly over; to abrade; to make even, or bring to a required condition or form, by moving the sharp edge of an instrument breadthwise over the surface with pressure, cutting away excesses and superfluous parts; to make smooth or clean; as, to scrape a bone with a knife; to scrape a metal plate to an even surface.

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Broader term 19

Accumulate 76% connected

To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together; to amass; as, to accumulate a sum of money.

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Amass 76% connected

To collect into a mass or heap; to gather a great quantity of; to accumulate; as, to amass a treasure or a fortune; to amass words or phrases.

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Blemish 76% connected

To mark with deformity; to injure or impair, as anything which is well formed, or excellent; to mar, or make defective, either the body or mind.

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Bow 76% connected

To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to inflect; to make crooked or curved.

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Bowing 76% connected

of Bow

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Collect 76% connected

To gather into one body or place; to assemble or bring together; to obtain by gathering.

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Compile 76% connected

To put together; to construct; to build.

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Create 76% connected

Created; composed; begotten.

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Defect 76% connected

Want or absence of something necessary for completeness or perfection; deficiency; -- opposed to superfluity.

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Hoard 76% connected

See Hoarding, 2.

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Incise 76% connected

To cut in or into with a sharp instrument; to carve; to engrave.

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Injure 76% connected

To do harm to; to impair the excellence and value of; to hurt; to damage; -- used in a variety of senses; as: (a) To hurt or wound, as the person; to…

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Lesion 76% connected

A hurt; an injury.

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Make 76% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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Mar 76% connected

A small lake. See Mere.

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Noise 76% connected

Sound of any kind.

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Obeisance 76% connected

Obedience.

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Rub 76% connected

To subject (a body) to the action of something moving over its surface with pressure and friction, especially to the action of something moving back…

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Wound 76% connected

of Wind

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Manner of action 3

Claw 76% connected

A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird.

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Paw 76% connected

The foot of a quadruped having claws, as the lion, dog, cat, etc.

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Scuff 76% connected

The back part of the neck; the scruff.

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Narrower term 1

Graze 76% connected

To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.

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Derivationally related 24

Excoriation 74% connected

The act of excoriating or flaying, or state of being excoriated, or stripped of the skin; abrasion.

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Excoriation 74% connected

The act of excoriating or flaying, or state of being excoriated, or stripped of the skin; abrasion.

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Genuflect 74% connected

To bend the knee, as in worship.

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Genuflect 74% connected

To bend the knee, as in worship.

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Genuflection 74% connected

The act of bending the knee, particularly in worship.

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Genuflection 74% connected

The act of bending the knee, particularly in worship.

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Grate 74% connected

Serving to gratify; agreeable.

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Grate 74% connected

Serving to gratify; agreeable.

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Mark 74% connected

A license of reprisals. See Marque.

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Mark 74% connected

A license of reprisals. See Marque.

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Pit 74% connected

A large cavity or hole in the ground, either natural or artificial; a cavity in the surface of a body; an indentation

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Pit 74% connected

A large cavity or hole in the ground, either natural or artificial; a cavity in the surface of a body; an indentation

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Scraper 74% connected

An instrument with which anything is scraped.

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Scraper 74% connected

An instrument with which anything is scraped.

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Scratch 74% connected

To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough ac…

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Scratch 74% connected

To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough ac…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Scratcher 74% connected

One who, or that which, scratches; specifically (Zool.), any rasorial bird.

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Scratcher 74% connected

One who, or that which, scratches; specifically (Zool.), any rasorial bird.

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Skin 74% connected

The external membranous integument of an animal.

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Skin 74% connected

The external membranous integument of an animal.

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Slit 74% connected

3d. pers. sing. pres. of Slide.

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Slit 74% connected

3d. pers. sing. pres. of Slide.

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Tegument 74% connected

A cover or covering; an integument.

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Tegument 74% connected

A cover or covering; an integument.

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Synonym 11

Abrasion 92% connected

The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction; as, the abrasion of coins.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Excoriation 92% connected

The act of excoriating or flaying, or state of being excoriated, or stripped of the skin; abrasion.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Genuflect 92% connected

To bend the knee, as in worship.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Grate 92% connected

Serving to gratify; agreeable.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Kowtow 92% connected

The same as Kotow.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mark 92% connected

A license of reprisals. See Marque.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Scar 92% connected

A mark in the skin or flesh of an animal, made by a wound or ulcer, and remaining after the wound or ulcer is healed; a cicatrix; a mark left by a pr…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Scraping 92% connected

of Scrape

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Scratch 92% connected

To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough ac…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Scratching 92% connected

of Scratch

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Skin 92% connected

The external membranous integument of an animal.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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