noun
Uncommon
scraping
Scraping (noun) means the sound or act produced when something is dragged roughly across a surface. Example: “The scraping of chairs on the floor echoed through the hall.”
noun
1
The sound or act produced when something is dragged roughly across a surface.
"The scraping of chairs on the floor echoed through the hall."
2
The automated extraction of data from websites or documents.
"The company was accused of large-scale data scraping."
How to use scraping
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe act or sound of scraping, or the automated gathering of online data.
Common pairings
web scraping
a scraping sound
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Word forms
- Plural
- scrapings
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Etymology
Comes from Middle English scrapinge, equivalent to scrape plus -ing.
Synonyms
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Rhymes for scraping
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What does “scraping” mean?
The word “scraping” means the sound or act produced when something is dragged roughly across a surface. In plain terms, the act or sound of scraping, or the automated gathering of online data.
How do you use “scraping” in a sentence?
Here is “scraping” used in a sentence: “The scraping of chairs on the floor echoed through the hall.”
What part of speech is “scraping”?
“Scraping” is a noun.
Is “scraping” a common word?
“Scraping” is an uncommon word in modern English.
How many meanings does “scraping” have?
“Scraping” has 2 distinct senses listed in this dictionary. The most common is: the sound or act produced when something is dragged roughly across a surface.
Example sentences
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Most price-comparison sites depend on scraping, and then on cleaning up what they collect.
Scraping the old paint off took longer than painting the door.
The scraping of a shovel on the path woke half the street before six.
There was a faint scraping as the branch moved against the window.
Whether public data scraping is allowed varies by country, and by what the data is used for.
Most scraping now runs through an API: send a URL, get the page back as markdown or JSON, with no browser to babysit.
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