scrape-v; 4 Senses

Sense Number 1: injure, scratch the surface

Commentary: NP1[agent] SCRAPE NP2

Examples:
He had scraped his knees.
Scrape the wallpaper off before painting the wall.
She scraped her fingernails down the chalkboard.

Mappings:
VerbNet: cut-21.1-1,wipe_manner-10.4.1-1
FrameNet: Friction,Make_noise,Removing
PropBank: scrape.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 3, 6

Sense Number 2: make by scraping

Commentary: NP1[agent] SCRAPE NP2 PP NP3[location]
NOTE: Compare carefully to sense 1. Unlike sense 1, this sense involves creating an object (NP2) by scraping.

Examples:
She scraped a letter into the stone.
He scraped their names on the tree.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 3: gather; manage with difficulty

Commentary:
NOTE: Includes SCRAPE UP

Examples:
They managed to scrape together some cash.
For every big earner, there were hundreds more just scraping along.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: scrape.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
scrape_up 1

Sense Number 4: bend the knees and bow

Examples:
No examples found.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4