scrap
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English scrappe, from Old Norse skrap, from skrapa (“to scrape, scratch”), from Proto-Germanic *skrapōną, *skrepaną (“to scrape, scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *skreb-, *skrep- (“to engrave”). Cf. Swedish skräp (“garbage”).
Inflected forms:
form: scraps
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: scraps
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: scrapping
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: scrapped
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: scrapped
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: I found a scrap of cloth to patch the hole.
I have no materials — not a scrap.
gloss: A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: I don't care a scrap.
“I don't mind anything. I don't mind your being technically German a scrap. All I think is that it was a little—well, perhaps a little excessive to marry another German when you had done it once already. […]”
gloss: Leftover food.
pos: noun
tags: countable
plural-normally
uncountable
examples: Give the scraps to the animals: any meat to the dogs, and the rest to the hogs.
gloss: The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: pork scraps
gloss: Discarded objects (especially metal) that may be dismantled to recover their constituent materials, junk.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: That car isn't good for anything but scrap.
“We need a set of wheels to carry out this plan of yours.”
“Queenie?”
“We need her now more than ever.”
“Will she still be in the field where we left her?”
“No, no, no. The fuzz will have towed her away by now.”
“Where will she be, then?”
“They will have sold the old girl off for scrap.”
gloss: A piece of deep-fried batter left over from frying fish, sometimes sold with chips.
pos: noun
tags: UK
countable
in-plural
uncountable
gloss: Loose-leaf tobacco of a low grade, such as sweepings left over from handling higher grades.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: A Hispanic criminal, especially a Mexican or one affiliated with the Sureno gang.
pos: noun
tags: countable
ethnic
offensive
slur
uncountable
gloss: A snare for catching birds.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
gloss: To discard; to get rid of.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The party plans to scrap the military-drafted constitution, and bring the army's many business interests under the Ministry of Finance.
"The wire is probably at the station."
"True; you said 10.45. Well, what do you propose doing now?"
"Scrapping all our arrangements and recovering the papers without arresting Slater."
gloss: To stop working on (a project or plan) indefinitely.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To scrapbook; to create scrapbooks.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To dispose of at a scrapyard.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Northern made much of the scrapping of the first of the Pacers (142005), and to date 35 of its Class 142s have been scrapped, with a further 11 off-lease at Gascoigne Wood.
gloss: To make into scrap.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Standing on the mountain above Caerphilly, one may reflect upon the gap where once stood Llanbradach Viaduct, and look near at hand upon the restored ruins of Caerphilly Castle; man labours to rebuild the mediaeval whilst he ruthlessly scraps the modern.
Derived words: e-scrap
fish scrap
scrapbook
scrap book
scrap car
scrap dealer
scrap heap
scrapheap
scrap merchant
scrap paper
scrappy
scrapyard
table scrap
scrapper
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: парче
roman: parče
lang: Bulgarian
word: късче
roman: kǎsče
lang: Catalan
word: restes
lang: Catalan
word: bocí
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 碎片
roman: suìpiàn
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 斷片 /断片
roman: duànpiàn
lang: Czech
word: útržek
lang: Dutch
word: restje
lang: Finnish
word: palanen
lang: Finnish
word: pala
lang: Finnish
word: pätkä
lang: Finnish
word: ylijäämäpala
lang: Finnish
word: tilkku
lang: French
word: bribe
lang: French
word: bout
lang: Galician
word: refugallo
lang: Galician
word: restroballo
lang: German
word: Stückchen
lang: German
word: Fetzen
lang: Irish
word: blúire
lang: Italian
word: pezzo
lang: Italian
word: frammento
lang: Japanese
word: 欠片
roman: kakera
lang: Japanese
word: 断片
roman: danpen
lang: Latin
word: frustum
lang: Māori
word: mara
lang: Māori
word: kuha
lang: Māori
word: tūāporo
lang: Polish
word: kawałek
lang: Polish
word: urywek
lang: Polish
word: fragment
lang: Portuguese
word: apara
lang: Portuguese
word: retalho
lang: Romanian
word: rest
lang: Romanian
word: capăt
lang: Russian
word: кусо́чек
roman: kusóček
lang: Russian
word: клочо́к
roman: kločók
lang: Russian
word: обры́вок
roman: obrývok
lang: Russian
word: лоскуто́к
roman: loskutók
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: buineag
lang: Spanish
word: resto