The carpenter brushed the scrapings aside as she worked.
DNA tests on fingernail scrapings from the victim's hands [=on material scraped from the underside of the victim's fingernails] were inconclusive.
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scrap|ing — … Useful english dictionary
sky|scrap|ing — «SKY SKRAY pihng», adjective. very high; lofty: »skyscraping towers … Useful english dictionary
scrap — scrap; scrap·er; scrap·i·ana; scrap·ie; scrap·ler; scrap·man; scrap·page; scrap·pi·ly; scrap·pi·ness; sky·scrap·er; sky·scrap·ered; scrap·per; scrap·ple; scrap·py; scrap·ing·ly; scrap·pler; … English syllables
ing — aborn·ing; aw·ing; bear·ing; be·ing; bell·ing; berth·ing; bind·ing; boul·der·ing; brok·ing; brown·ing; cheese·par·ing; cleans·ing; clos·ing; con·cern·ing; con·sid·er·ing; cop·ing; cov·er·ing; crack·ing; crown·ing; duck·ing; dur·ing; en·dur·ing;… … English syllables
melt´ing|ly — melt «mehlt», verb, melt|ed, melt|ed or mol|ten, melt|ing, noun. –v.t. 1. to change from a solid to a liquid by applying h … Useful english dictionary
scrapingly — scrap·ing·ly … English syllables
scraping — scrap|ing [ skreıpıŋ ] noun 1. ) scrapings plural small amounts or pieces of something that have been SCRAPED from a surface 2. ) singular a rough unpleasant noise made by something rubbing against a hard surface … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Scraping — Scrap ing, a. Resembling the act of, or the effect produced by, one who, or that which, scrapes; as, a scraping noise; a scraping miser. {Scrap ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Scrapingly — Scraping Scrap ing, a. Resembling the act of, or the effect produced by, one who, or that which, scrapes; as, a scraping noise; a scraping miser. {Scrap ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
scrape — [[t]skreɪp[/t]] v. scraped, scrap•ing, n. 1) to rub (a surface) with something rough or sharp, as to clean or smooth it 2) to remove by rubbing with something rough or sharp 3) to scratch, injure, or mar by brushing against something rough or… … From formal English to slang
