scrape

Main Entry:
scrape [skreyp]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: bad or embarrassing situation
Synonyms: awkward situation, corner*, difficulty, dilemma, discomfiture, distress, embarrassment, fix*, hole*, jam*, mess*, pickle, plight, predicament, tight spot, trouble
Antonyms: resolution, solution
Main Entry: scrape
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: be very frugal
Synonyms: cut it close, get along, get by, pinch, save, scrimp, shave, skimp, stint, struggle
Antonyms: spend, squander, waste
Main Entry: abrasion
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: scraped area
Synonyms: chafe, injury, scrape, scratch, scuff
Notes: abrasion is the process of wearing down or rubbing away by means of friction; corrosion is the act or process of destroying a metal or alloy gradually, especially by oxidation or chemical action; erosion is any of a group of natural processes, including weathering, dissolution, abrasion, corrosion, and transportation, by which material is worn away from the earth's surface
Main Entry: bicker
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: nastily argue
Synonyms: altercate, brawl, caterwaul, cause a scene, cavil, dig, disagree, dispute, fall out, fight, hassle, pick at, quarrel, quibble, row, scrap, scrape, spar, spat, squabble, tiff, trade zingers, wrangle
Notes: to bicker is to quarrel and to dicker is to haggle or bargain
Antonyms: agree, concede, discuss
Main Entry: brush
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: touch lightly
Synonyms: caress, contact, flick, glance, graze, kiss, scrape, shave, skim, smooth, stroke, sweep, tickle
Main Entry: chafe
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: rub, grind against
Synonyms: abrade, bark, corrode, damage, erode, excoriate, gall, grate, graze, hurt, impair, inflame, irritate, peel, ruffle, scrape, scratch, skin, wear
Notes: to chafe means to rub until sore or worn; to chaff means to tease good-naturedly
Main Entry: chafe
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: annoy
Synonyms: abrade, anger, annoy, bother, exasperate, exercise, fret, fume, gall, grate, harass, incense, inflame, irk, irritate, itch, offend, provoke, rage, rasp, rub, ruffle, scrape, scratch, vex, worry
Notes: to chafe means to rub until sore or worn; to chaff means to tease good-naturedly
Antonyms: make happy
Main Entry: claw
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: using sharp nail
Synonyms: break, dig, graze, hurt, itch, lacerate, mangle, maul, open, rip, scrabble, scrap, scrape, scratch, tear
Main Entry: clean
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make undirty, uncluttered
Synonyms: absterge, bath, bathe, blot, brush, cauterize, clarify, cleanse, clear the decks, clear up, deodorize, depurate, deterge, disinfect, do up, dredge, dust, edulcorate, elutriate, erase, expunge, expurgate, flush, hackle, launder, lave, mop, neaten, pick, pick up, polish, purge, purify, rake, rasp, refine, rinse, rout out, sanitize, scald, scour, scrape, scrub, shake out, shampoo, soak, soap, sponge, spruce up, sterilize, straighten up, swab, sweep, tidy up, vacuum, wash, whisk, winnow, wipe
Antonyms: adulterate, defile, dirty, foul, soil, stain
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