Scraped

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Removed a thin outer surface by rubbing or scratching ; gathered or assembled something roughly or with difficulty ; experienced a light collision that caused minor damage
2. Abrasively took off part of a surface layer ; worked to obtain or bring together items or information ; sustained a slight impact that resulted in superficial harm
3. Eliminated material from a surface through scraping action ; made an effort to gather or collect ; endured a gentle hit causing small harm

Etymology: "Scraped" is simply the past tense and past participle of "scrape," so the history belongs to the verb. The verb came into Middle English from Old Norse "skrapa" and Old English "scrapian," both meaning "to scrape" or "to scratch." Those trace back to a Proto-Germanic root, and further to a Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to engrave," which hints at the original idea of cutting or marking a surface. The verb's relatives in other languages keep that sense of marking. Dutch "schrapen" and "schrappen" give us the sense of striking through text, while German "schrappen" and Danish "skrabe" stick closer to the physical act of scraping. Latin "scribō," meaning "to dig with a pen, draw, write," belongs to the same ancient family, so the link between scratching a surface and writing on it runs deep in the word's background.

Synonyms: abraded, raked, scratched, scuffed, shaved

Antonyms: smoothed, polished, coated, covered, protected