1. a deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility)

e.g. all that bowing and scraping did not impress him

Synonym: scrape

2. a harsh noise made by scraping

e.g. the scrape of violin bows distracted her

Synonym: scrapescratchscratching

3. (usually plural) a fragment scraped off of something and collected

e.g. they collected blood scrapings for analysis