scrape off

English

Verb

scrape off (third-person singular simple present scrapes off, present participle scraping off, simple past and past participle scraped off)

1. (transitive) To remove something by a scraping action.

   You can scrape the paint off using a sharp blade.

   Scrape off the plates before putting them into the dishwasher.

Usage notes

• The object can come before or after the particle. If it is a pronoun, then it must come before the particle.

Translations

remove by a scraping action

• Swedish: skrapa bort, skrapa av
• Ukrainian: зішкріба́ти impf (ziškribáty), зшкріба́ти impf (zškribáty), зішкребти́ pf (ziškrebtý), зшкребти́ pf (zškrebtý)