scrape :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

v. remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely; "The boys cleaned the sandwich platters"; "The trees were cleaned of apples by the storm"

shave

v. remove body hair with a razor

plane

v. make even or smooth, with or as with a carpenter's plane; "plane the top of the door"

shave

v. touch the surface of lightly; "His back shaved the counter in passing"

skin, peel, pare

v. strip the skin off; "pare apples"

scrape, grate

v. scratch repeatedly; "The cat scraped at the armchair"

delete, cancel

v. remove or make invisible; "Please delete my name from your list"

grate, grind

v. make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together; "grate one's teeth in anger"

graze

v. break the skin (of a body part) by scraping; "She was grazed by the stray bullet"

rasp

v. scrape with a rasp

remove, take away

v. get rid of something abstract; "The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage"; "God takes away your sins"

score, nock, mark

v. make small marks into the surface of; "score the clay before firing it"

kneel

v. rest one's weight on one's knees; "In church you have to kneel during parts of the service"

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