SCRAP (scrapped, scrapping)

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Irregular inflected forms: scrapped    , scrapping   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does scrap mean? 

• SCRAP (noun)
  The noun SCRAP has 4 senses:

1. a small fragment of something broken off from the whole

2. worthless material that is to be disposed of

3. a small piece of something that is left over after the rest has been used

4. the act of fighting; any contest or struggle

  Familiarity information: SCRAP used as a noun is uncommon.

• SCRAP (verb)
  The verb SCRAP has 3 senses:

1. dispose of (something useless or old)

2. have a disagreement over something

3. make into scrap or refuse

  Familiarity information: SCRAP used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCRAP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small fragment of something broken off from the whole

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

bit; chip; flake; fleck; scrap

Context example:

a bit of rock caught him in the eye

Hypernyms ("scrap" is a kind of...):

fragment (a piece broken off or cut off of something else)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "scrap"):

exfoliation; scale; scurf (a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin)

sliver; splinter (a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal)

scurf ((botany) a covering that resembles scales or bran that covers some plant parts)

matchwood (fragments of wood)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Worthless material that is to be disposed of

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

rubbish; scrap; trash

Hypernyms ("scrap" is a kind of...):

waste; waste material; waste matter; waste product (any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "scrap"):

scrap metal (discarded metal suitable for reprocessing)

debris; detritus; dust; junk; rubble (the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up)

litter (rubbish carelessly dropped or left about (especially in public places))

Derivation:

scrap (dispose of (something useless or old))

Sense 3

Meaning:

A small piece of something that is left over after the rest has been used

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

there was not a scrap left

Hypernyms ("scrap" is a kind of...):

piece (a separate part of a whole)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The act of fighting; any contest or struggle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

combat; fight; fighting; scrap

Context example:

the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap

Hypernyms ("scrap" is a kind of...):

battle; conflict; struggle (an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals))

Meronyms (parts of "scrap"):

blow (a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "scrap"):

brush; clash; encounter; skirmish (a minor short-term fight)

single combat (a fight between two people)

gang fight; rumble (a fight between rival gangs of adolescents)

cut-and-thrust; knife fight; snickersnee (fighting with knives)

brawl; free-for-all (a noisy fight in a crowd)

affray; disturbance; fray; ruffle (a noisy fight)

beating; whipping (the act of overcoming or outdoing)

banging; battering (the act of subjecting to strong attack)

fistfight; fisticuffs; slugfest (a fight with bare fists)

dogfight; hassle; rough-and-tumble; scuffle; tussle (disorderly fighting)

impact; shock (the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat)

set-to (a brief but vigorous fight)

in-fighting (conflict between members of the same organization (usually concealed from outsiders))

fencing (the art or sport of fighting with swords (especially the use of foils or epees or sabres to score points under a set of rules))

dogfight (a violent fight between dogs (sometimes organized illegally for entertainment and gambling))

close-quarter fighting (hand-to-hand fighting at close quarters)

gunfight; gunplay; shootout (a fight involving shooting small arms with the intent to kill or frighten)

affaire d'honneur; duel (a prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor)

Derivation:

scrap (have a disagreement over something)

scrappy (full of fighting spirit)

• SCRAP (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they scrap    ... he / she / it scraps   
Past simple: scrapped   
Past participle: scrapped   
-ing form: scrapping   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Dispose of (something useless or old)

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

junk; scrap; trash

Context example:

scrap your old computer

Hypernyms (to "scrap" is one way to...):

cast aside; cast away; cast out; chuck out; discard; dispose; fling; put away; throw away; throw out; toss; toss away; toss out (throw or cast away)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

scrap (worthless material that is to be disposed of)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Have a disagreement over something

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

altercate; argufy; dispute; quarrel; scrap

Context example:

These two fellows are always scrapping over something

Hypernyms (to "scrap" is one way to...):

argue; contend; debate; fence (have an argument about something)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "scrap"):

brawl; wrangle (to quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively)

spat (engage in a brief and petty quarrel)

polemicise; polemicize; polemise; polemize (engage in a controversy)

fall out (have a breach in relations)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

scrap (the act of fighting; any contest or struggle)

scrapper (someone who fights (or is fighting))

Sense 3

Meaning:

Make into scrap or refuse

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

scrap the old airplane and sell the parts

Hypernyms (to "scrap" is one way to...):

convert (change the nature, purpose, or function of something)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

They roared with delight, and bellowed out scraps of advice to him.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He had got a scrap of paper and was folding it into a note-book.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

It’s a lie, and you know it. I’m already myde, an’ myde out of leavin’s an’ scraps.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Usually the girls screamed when the fellows got to scrapping, but she had not screamed.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Two or three of the gentlemen sat near him, and I caught at times scraps of their conversation across the room.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

To know him in bits and scraps is common enough; to know him pretty thoroughly is, perhaps, not uncommon; but to read him well aloud is no everyday talent.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Holmes took up the scrap of paper, a facsimile of which is here reproduced. scrap of paper

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I have sent his name up, on a scrap of paper, to the kite, along the string, when it has been in the sky, among the larks.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The scientists said a scrap of skin also found suggests another snake, and bits of plant and insect matter indicate the area may have been forest at the time the snake was preserved.

(Cretaceous baby snake fossil found in Myanmar, Wikinews)

Their comrades crouched beneath the bulwarks, with many a rough jest and many a scrap of criticism or advice.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)