Meanings
verbscrape together (third-person singular simple present scrapes together, present participle scraping together, simple past and past participle scraped together)
present singular third person scrapes together · participle present scraping together · participle past scraped together · past scraped together
- idiomaticTo collect, assemble or gather small amounts (especially of money), from various sources, with some difficulty
Synonyms: rake together, rustle up, scratch together
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo collect, assemble or gather small amounts (especially of money), from various sources, with some difficulty
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 湊 /凑, 湊齊 /凑齐
- 湊 /凑 (còu)collect small amounts
- 湊齊 /凑齐 (còuqí)collect small amounts
Finnish raapia kasaan
- raapia kasaancollect small amounts
French rassembler
- rassemblercollect small amounts
Irish conlaigh
- conlaighcollect small amounts
Italian racimolare, raggranellare
- racimolarecollect small amounts
- raggranellarecollect small amounts
Latin corrādō
- corrādōcollect small amounts
Polish ciułać, uciułać
- ciułaćcollect small amounts
- uciułaćcollect small amounts
- wyskrobywaćcollect small amounts
- wyskrobaćcollect small amounts
Swedish skrapa ihop
- skrapa ihopcollect small amounts
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APA
scrape together. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scrape%20together
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“scrape together.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scrape%20together. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scrape together,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scrape%20together.
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