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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun scrap has 4 senses
- scrap(n = noun.object) bit, chip, flake, fleck - a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye" is a kind of fragment
- scrap(n = noun.substance) rubbish, trash - worthless material that is to be disposed of; Array is a kind of waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product
- scrap(n = noun.artifact) Array - a small piece of something that is left over after the rest has been used; "she jotted it on a scrap of paper"; "there was not a scrap left" is a kind of piece
- scrap(n = noun.act) combat, fight, fighting - the act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap" has particulars: gunfight, gunplay, shootout, brush, clash, encounter, skirmish, close-quarter fighting, dogfight, fencing, in-fighting, set-to, impact, shock, dogfight, hassle, rough-and-tumble, scuffle, tussle, affaire d'honneur, duel, fistfight, fisticuffs, slugfest, banging, battering, beating, whipping, affray, disturbance, fray, ruffle, brawl, free-for-all, cut-and-thrust, knife fight, snickersnee, gang fight, rumble, single combat
has particulars: matchwood, exfoliation, scale, scurf, scurf, sliver, splinter
has particulars: scrap metal, debris, detritus, dust, junk, rubble, litter
Derived form verb scrap1
is a kind of battle, conflict, struggle
has parts: blow
Derived forms verb scrap2, adjective scrappy1
Verb scrap has 3 senses
- scrap(v = verb.possession) junk, trash - dispose of (something useless or old); "trash these old chairs"; "junk an old car"; "scrap your old computer" 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
- scrap(v = verb.communication) altercate, argufy, dispute, quarrel - have a disagreement over something; "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America"; "These two fellows are always scrapping over something" is one way to argue, contend, debate, fence
- scrap(v = verb.change) Array - make into scrap or refuse; "scrap the old airplane and sell the parts" is one way to convert
Derived form noun scrap2
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Derived forms noun scrap4, noun scrapper1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
- Something scraped off; hence, a small piece; a bit; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion. [1913 Webster]"I have no materials -- not a scrap." [1913 Webster]
- Specifically, a fragment of something written or printed; a brief excerpt; an unconnected extract. [1913 Webster]
- The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat; as, pork scraps. [1913 Webster]
- Same as
Scrap iron , below. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
scrap, n. & v.
--n.
1 a small detached piece; a fragment or remnant.
2 rubbish or waste material.
3 an extract or cutting from something written or printed.
4 discarded metal for reprocessing (often attrib.: scrap metal).
5 (with neg.) the smallest piece or amount (not a scrap of food left).
6 (in pl.) a odds and ends. b bits of uneaten food.
7 (in sing or pl.) a residuum of melted fat or of fish with the oil expressed.
--v.tr. (scrapped, scrapping) discard as useless.
--n.
1 a small detached piece; a fragment or remnant.
2 rubbish or waste material.
3 an extract or cutting from something written or printed.
4 discarded metal for reprocessing (often attrib.: scrap metal).
5 (with neg.) the smallest piece or amount (not a scrap of food left).
6 (in pl.) a odds and ends. b bits of uneaten food.
7 (in sing or pl.) a residuum of melted fat or of fish with the oil expressed.
--v.tr. (scrapped, scrapping) discard as useless.
Idiom
scrap heap
1 a pile of scrap materials.
2 a state of uselessness. scrap merchant a dealer in scrap.
1 a pile of scrap materials.
2 a state of uselessness. scrap merchant a dealer in scrap.
scrap, n. & v. colloq.
--n. a fight or rough quarrel, esp. a spontaneous one.
--v.tr. (scrapped, scrapping) (often foll. by with) have a scrap.
--n. a fight or rough quarrel, esp. a spontaneous one.
--v.tr. (scrapped, scrapping) (often foll. by with) have a scrap.
Derivative
scrapper n.
Etymology
perh. f. SCRAPE
THESAURUS
scrap
abandon, abort, affray, afterglow, afterimage, argue, argument, atom, balance, barney, battle, battle royal, bicker, bit, bite, bobbery, bones, brawl, broil, bump heads, butt, butt end, candle ends, cashier, cast, caterwaul, cease, chaff, chip, chunk, clamjamfry, clip, clipping, close, collop, conclude, crumb, culm, cut, cutting, dab, deadwood, debris, determine, detritus, disagree, disagreement, discard, discards, dishwater, dispense with, dispose of, dispute, dollop, dot, draff, dregs, drip, drop, droplet, dust, dustup, end, fag end, fall, fight, filings, finish, finish up, fleck, flyspeck, forget, forsake, fossil, fracas, fragment, fray, garbage, gash, get rid of, give up, gnat, gob, gobbet, grain, hassle, hint, hogwash, holdover, hunk, husks, iota, jettison, jot, junk, knock-down-and-drag-out, leavings, lees, leftovers, litter, lock horns, lumber, lump, make a row, microbe, microorganism, midge, minim, minutia, minutiae, mite, modicum, moiety, molecule, morceau, morsel, mote, nip, odds and ends, offal, offscourings, orts, paring, parings, particle, patch, pension off, perorate, piece, pinhead, pinpoint, point, potsherds, quarrel, raff, rags, rasher, raspings, refuse, reject, rejects, relics, remainder, remains, remnant, residue, residuum, resolve, rest, retire, rhubarb, riffraff, roach, row, rubbish, rubble, ruckus, ruction, ruins, rump, rumpus, run-in, sawdust, scintilla, scoop, scourings, scrap iron, scraps, scratch, scuffle, scum, set-to, shadow, shard, shards, shaving, shavings, shed, shindy, shiver, shoddy, shred, slack, slag, slice, sliver, slop, slops, slough, smitch, smithereen, snack, snatch, snick, snip, snippet, spar, spat, speck, splinter, squabble, stitch, stop, straw, stubble, stump, suggestion, superannuate, survival, sweepings, swill, tag, tares, tatter, terminate, throw away, throw out, tiff, tittle, trace, traces, trash, truck, vanishing point, vestige, vestiges, wastage, waste, waste matter, wastepaper, weeds, whit, whoop, wind up, wrangleROGET THESAURUS
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Greatness
N greatness, magnitude, size, multitude, immensity, enormity, infinity, might, strength, intensity, fullness, importance, great quantity, quantity, deal, power, sight, pot, volume, world, mass, heap, stock, peck, bushel, load, cargo, cartload, wagonload, shipload, flood, spring tide, abundance, principal part, chief part, main part, greater part, major part, best part, essential part, bulk, mass, great, greater, large, considerable, fair, above par, big, huge, Herculean, cyclopean, ample, abundant, full, intense, strong, sound, passing, heavy, plenary, deep, high, signal, at its height, in the zenith, world-wide, widespread, far-famed, extensive, wholesale, many, goodly, noble, precious, mighty, sad, grave, heavy, serious, far gone, arrant, downright, utter, uttermost, crass, gross, arch, profound, intense, consummate, rank, uninitiated, red-hot, desperate, glaring, flagrant, stark staring, thorough-paced, thoroughgoing, roaring, thumping, extraordinary, important, unsurpassed, complete, august, grand, dignified, sublime, majestic, vast, immense, enormous, extreme, inordinate, excessive, extravagant, exorbitant, outrageous, preposterous, unconscionable, swinging, monstrous, overgrown, towering, stupendous, prodigious, astonishing, incredible, marvelous, unlimited, unapproachable, unutterable, indescribable, ineffable, unspeakable, inexpressible, beyond expression, fabulous, undiminished, unabated, unreduced, unrestricted, absolute, positive, stark, decided, unequivocal, essential, perfect, finished, remarkable, of mark, marked, pointed, veriest, noteworthy, renowned, truly, decidedly, unequivocally, purely, absolutely, seriously, essentially, fundamentally, radically, downright, in all conscience, for the most part, in the main, entirely, abundantly, widely, far and wide, greatly, much, muckle, well, indeed, very, very much, a deal, no end of, most, not a little, pretty, pretty well, enough, in a great measure, richly, to a large extent, to a great extent, to a gigantic extent, on a large scale, so, never so, ever so, ever so dole, scrap, shred, tag, splinter, rag, much, by wholesale, mighty, powerfully, with a witness, ultra, in the extreme, extremely, exceedingly, intensely, exquisitely, acutely, indefinitely, immeasurably, beyond compare, beyond comparison, beyond measure, beyond all bounds, incalculably, infinitely, preeminently, superlatively, immoderately, monstrously, preposterously, inordinately, exorbitantly, excessively, enormously, out of all proportion, with a vengeance, particularly, remarkably, singularly, curiously, uncommonly, unusually, peculiarly, notably, signally, strikingly, pointedly, mainly, chiefly, famously, egregiously, prominently, glaringly, emphatically, kat exochin, strangely, wonderfully, amazingly, surprisingly, astonishingly, incredibly, marvelously, awfully, stupendously, peculiarly, furiously, severely, desperately, tremendously, extravagantly, confoundedly, deucedly, devilishly, with a vengeance, a outrance, a toute outrance, painfully, sadly, grossly, sorely, bitterly, piteously, grievously, miserably, cruelly, woefully, lamentably, shockingly, frightfully, dreadfully, fearfully, terribly, horribly, a maximis ad minima, greatness knows itself, mightiest powers by deepest calms are fed, minimum decet libere cui multum licet, some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
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