Collocations for scrape - verb
ADVERB
carefully,
gently
She carefully scraped away the top layer of paint.
She carefully scraped away the top layer of paint.
away,
back,
off
I scraped the dirt off.
I scraped the dirt off.
PREPOSITION
against
He scraped the car against the garage wall.
He scraped the car against the garage wall.
along
Patrick lifted the gate to prevent it from scraping along the ground.
Patrick lifted the gate to prevent it from scraping along the ground.
on
I scraped my elbow on the wall as I went past.
I scraped my elbow on the wall as I went past.
with
I scraped the carrots with a knife.
I scraped the carrots with a knife.
Scrape is used with these nouns as the subject:
chair, fingernail, nail
chair, fingernail, nail
Scrape is used with these nouns as the object:
dirt, knee, knuckle, living, pass, windscreen
dirt, knee, knuckle, living, pass, windscreen