scrape up

They scrape up shellfish, as well as stones and bycatch – the other marine life which gets caught in the nets.

“You’d take a match cover and scrape up what you could get off the ground,” he said.

I was out for a brisk stroll, hands in my pockets when I stubbed my toe on an uneven tree grate and fell face-first to the pavement breaking my nose and scraping up my face.

By 12:10 p.m., that patch of ice was appropriately scraped up - after skate blades dug into it for the first time.

Bring to a simmer, scraping up any browned bits, then cover and cook, stirring occasionally and breaking up the tomatoes with a wooden spoon, until the tomatoes have softened, about 10 minutes.