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SCRAP

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Irregular inflected forms: scrapped    , scrapping   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of fighting; any contest or struggle

Example:

the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap

Synonyms:

combat; fight; fighting; scrap

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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"):

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)

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)

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)

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

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

Derivation:

scrap (have a disagreement over something)

scrappy (full of fighting spirit)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Example:

there was not a scrap left

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

piece (a separate part of a whole)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A small fragment of something broken off from the whole

Example:

a bit of rock caught him in the eye

Synonyms:

bit; chip; flake; fleck; scrap

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

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"):

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)

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

matchwood (fragments of wood)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Worthless material that is to be disposed of

Synonyms:

rubbish; scrap; trash

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

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))

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make into scrap or refuse

Example:

scrap the old airplane and sell the parts

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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

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

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Have a disagreement over something

Example:

These two fellows are always scrapping over something

Synonyms:

altercate; argufy; dispute; quarrel; scrap

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

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:

Dispose of (something useless or old)

Example:

scrap your old computer

Synonyms:

junk; scrap; trash

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

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)

Credits

 Context examples: 

I'm goin' with our little red pals and I mean to see them through the scrap.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

With a slow smile he drew a folded and discoloured scrap of paper from his pocket.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

On the first page there were only some scraps of writing, such as a man with a pen in his hand might make for idleness or practice.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

On these packthreads the people strung their petitions, which mounted up directly, like the scraps of paper fastened by school boys at the end of the string that holds their kite.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

The researchers created filter ‘bricks’ from sandy soil, charcoal, sawdust and iron scraps, and packed these into the barrels with gravel.

(Soil-based filter bricks clean up water for Moroccan farmers, SciDev.Net)

Then my uncle rose with the scrap of paper in his hand and a smile upon his lips.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

They ain't nothin' but scrap. No throwin' up the sponge.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Mrs. Harker says that they are knitting together in chronological order every scrap of evidence they have.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Before closing this incident, I must give a scrap of conversation I had with Wolf Larsen in the cabin, while I was washing the dishes.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

If you examine this scrap with attention you will come to the conclusion that the man with the stronger hand wrote all his words first, leaving blanks for the other to fill up.

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