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scrap

skræp
WordNet
Lead plate rolled into a tube. Black-gray in color. The cavity filled with rust or scraps of rope. Roll of lead.
Lead plate rolled into a tube. Black-gray in color. The cavity filled with rust or scraps of rope. Roll of lead.
  1. (v) scrap
    make into scrap or refuse "scrap the old airplane and sell the parts"
  2. (v) scrap
    have a disagreement over something "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America","These two fellows are always scrapping over something"
  3. (v) scrap
    dispose of (something useless or old) "trash these old chairs","junk an old car","scrap your old computer"
  4. (n) scrap
    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"
  5. (n) scrap
    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"
  6. (n) scrap
    a small fragment of something broken off from the whole "a bit of rock caught him in the eye"
  7. (n) scrap
    worthless material that is to be disposed of
Illustrations
Gun for self-defense (scrap metal). Partly round and partly octagonal brass barrel, trumpet-shaped. Engraved lock plate and iron fittings. Berlin silver button. Smooth drawer with checkered handle. Iron nail-shaped ramrod. On the barrel is an 'X' and another illegible sign.
Gun for self-defense (scrap metal). Partly round and partly octagonal brass barrel, trumpet-shaped. Engraved lock plate and iron fittings. Berlin silver button. Smooth drawer with checkered handle. Iron nail-shaped ramrod. On the barrel is an 'X' and another illegible sign.
Ship part, tip of navigation stick, with strap and scraps of wood.
Ship part, tip of navigation stick, with strap and scraps of wood.
An elongated piece of dark blue fabric folded in a scrap piece of paper (NG-321-b). There is a spot of sealing wax on one side of the fabric. Only remnants remain of the lacquer on the corners of the note.
An elongated piece of dark blue fabric folded in a scrap piece of paper (NG-321-b). There is a spot of sealing wax on one side of the fabric. Only remnants remain of the lacquer on the corners of the note.
Kopie naar blad 4 of 5 van de serie Scrap of the solemn appearance ....
Kopie naar blad 4 of 5 van de serie Scrap of the solemn appearance ....
Model of a cube-shaped wooden water box made of scraps held together by brass bands. An oval manhole has been fitted in the top.
Model of a cube-shaped wooden water box made of scraps held together by brass bands. An oval manhole has been fitted in the top.
Boys scurry for food scraps from a large waste bin called Restaurant Royal. Through a window a view of two fat gentlemen in the restaurant at a set table. The menu hangs to the left of the window. Inscription and date on separate piece of paper. Restaurant Royal was located between 1890-1918 at Kneuterdijk 1 in The Hague.
Boys scurry for food scraps from a large waste bin called Restaurant Royal. Through a window a view of two fat gentlemen in the restaurant at a set table. The menu hangs to the left of the window. Inscription and date on separate piece of paper. Restaurant Royal was located between 1890-1918 at Kneuterdijk 1 in The Hague.
The 'Cyclop' was (presumably) a so-called 'hulk', a scrapped ship that was not seaworthy and served as a trading post. Part of Photo album with recordings of Cameroon around 1899.
The 'Cyclop' was (presumably) a so-called 'hulk', a scrapped ship that was not seaworthy and served as a trading post. Part of Photo album with recordings of Cameroon around 1899.
Scraps from an artist's sketch book
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Scrap
    Same as Scrap iron, below.
  2. Scrap
    Something scraped off; hence, a small piece; a bit; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion. "I have no materials -- not a scrap ."
  3. Scrap
    Specifically, a fragment of something written or printed; a brief excerpt; an unconnected extract.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) scrap
    A small piece, properly something scraped off; a detached portion; a bit; a fragment; a remnant: as, scraps of meat.
  2. (n) scrap
    A detached piece or fragment of something written or printed; a short extract: as, scraps of writing; scraps of poetry.
  3. (n) scrap
    A picture suited for preservation in a scrap-book, or for ornamenting screens, boxes, etc.: as, colored scraps; assorted scraps.
  4. (n) scrap
    plural Fat, after its oil has been tried out; also, the refuse of fish, as menhaden, after the oil has been expressed: as, blubber scraps. Bee graves.
  5. (n) scrap
    Wrought iron or steel, in the form of clippings or fragments, either produced in various processes of manufacture, or collected for the purpose of being reworked.
  6. scrap
    To consign to the scrap-heap, as old bolts, nuts, spikes, and other worn-out bits of iron.
  7. scrap
    To make scrap or refuse of, as menhaden or other fish from which the oil has been expressed.
  8. scrap
    A dialectal variant of scrape.
  9. (n) scrap
    A fight; a scrimmage.
  10. (n) scrap
    A snare for birds: a place where chaff and grain are laid to lure birds.
  11. (n) scrap
    plural A commercial name of crude rubber obtained from the drippings of milky juice which adhere to the bark of the tapped tree and which are peeled off when dry. See rubber, 3.
  12. scrap
    To engage in a scrap or petty scrimmage; box.
  13. scrap
    To engage in a war of words; squabble; quarrel.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (n) Scrap
    skrap a small piece: a remnant: a picture suited for preservation in a scrap-book: wrought-iron clippings: an unconnected extract
  2. (v.t) Scrap
    to consign to the scrap-heap
  3. (n) Scrap
    skrap (slang) a fight, scrimmage.
  4. (n) Scrap
    skrap a snare for birds.
Quotations
If your capacity to acquire has outstripped your capacity to enjoy, you are on the way to the scrap-heap.
Glen Buck
The usefulness of madmen is famous: they demonstrate society's logic flagrantly carried out down to its last scrimshaw scrap.
Cynthia Ozick
Some, for renown, on scraps of learning dote, and think they grow immortal as they quote.
Edward Young
Retirement may be looked upon either as a prolonged holiday or as a rejection, a being thrown on to the scrap-heap.
Simone De Beauvoir
Bob Dylan
People today are still living off the table scraps of the sixties. They are still being passed around -- the music and the ideas.
Bob Dylan
Edgar Fawcett
At some glad moment was it nature's choice to dower a scrap of sunset with a voice?
Edgar Fawcett
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary OE. scrappe, fr. Icel. skrap, trifle, cracking. See Scrape (v. t.)

Usage in the news

The state school board should resist calls to scrap programs for gifted and talented youngsters because of their supposed ' elitism '. baltimoresun.com

A scrap-gold buyer with purchased items in a shop on Manhattan's 47th Street. money.cnn.com

Vocal opposition from the East Pointe Neighborhood Association has the Columbia City Council proposing to scrap a plan connecting LeMone Industrial Park to the Grindstone Nature Area and Hinkson Creek Trail. columbiatribune.com

"It is the scrapping of the Harriers that gives me the greatest concern and highlights that the review is far from strategic," said Mr Loughran. channel4.com

Down the dusty main street of Abadiânia, a scrap of a town in central Brazil, come hundreds of people dressed in white. oprah.com

The US Army is scrapping its Universal Camouflage Pattern, a gray, pixelated design that has been used since 2004, reported The Daily (see an image of the pattern here). businessweek.com

Thank you for your article on College of the Redwoods' plan to buy Jefferson School to replace its current downtown branch campus ("Schoolyard Scrap" Feb 18). northcoastjournal.com

As The US Implements More Secure IDs, Britain Scraps National Identity Card Plan. nationalnotary.org

Tùng Lâm managed to build a fully functional Dark Knight Batpod completely from scrap metal parts. grd.com

Russia, Pakistan stress ties despite scrapped trip. tri-cityherald.com

Police say four suspects cut the historic cell into pieces and sold it as scrap. kktv.com

Bklyn Greens lead fight to scrap 'hackable' devices. timesledger.com

Bolivia's leader wants OAS to scrap rights body. foxnews.com

Laser system saves damaged military parts from the scrap heap. thefabricator.com

Pulling LTV Out of the Scrap Heap. businessweek.com

Usage in scientific papers

Scrap more boilerplate: reflection, zips, and generalised casts.
Comparative Studies of 10 Programming Languages within 10 Diverse Criteria - a Team 10 COMP6411-S10 Term Report

Semiconductors can be produced very cheap and with very high yield rates, i.e. there are very little amounts which have to be scrapped.
Modern consumerism and the waste problem

Figure 4: Electronic waste recycling in the Third World: A woman is decomposing electronic waste into its raw materials, trying to retrieve valuable component materials like gold and copper which they sell to local scrap dealers.
Modern consumerism and the waste problem

After working for a scrap company where he used dynamite, he was finally admitted into a secondary school with the assistance of the director, but with the condition that he pass some tests from the board of the state examiners, called the Central Jury, for the first three years.
The Roland De Witte 1991 Detection of Absolute Motion and Gravitational Waves

Practically, using these technologies, the software developer does not always separate cleanly into presentation and business logic layers. In the following sections, we present our novel method of integrating existing Web pages with a single portal application by using dynamic client-side Web page scrapping portlets.
Portlet Wrappers using JavaScript

Usage in literature

A skull, dried scraps of fur and flesh still clinging to it, stared hollow-eyed up at them. "Star Born" by Andre Norton

It was about this time that he invested in his first scrap-book. "Never-Fail Blake" by Arthur Stringer

Larssen had proved right in his guess of the make of machine with which his scrap of typing had been done. "Swirling Waters" by Max Rittenberg

Working with civilians, we often had the satisfaction of a scrap. "Into the Jaws of Death" by Jack O'Brien

It'll be a tough scrap before we're through. "The Triumph of John Kars" by Ridgwell Cullum

The mate was at the heel of the foot-plank, and he saw at once what the scrap of sacking was meant to hide. "The Price" by Francis Lynde

The fire was built up with the last scrap of coal in the hod, and then Ronald lay down without undressing. "Sue, A Little Heroine" by L. T. Meade

As stated before, at the top of each pot are several test pieces consisting of a whole scrap gear and several sections. "The Working of Steel" by Fred H. Colvin

Scraps should never be left in the sink. "Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Science in Rural Schools" by Ministry of Education Ontario

But look at that scrap going on overhead. "Army Boys on the Firing Line" by Homer Randall

Usage in poetry
The ships he served of old,
When blood was young and hot,
Long wrecked or scrapped or sold;
Their very names forgot;
And this is why this scrap of blue
Is precious in my sight;
It changed my sad and gloomy home
From darkness into light.
The vision of scarce a moment,
And hardly marked at the time,
It comes unbidden to haunt me,
Like a scrap of ballad-rhyme.
Sir Syntax dwelt in thick fir-grove,
All strown with scraps of flowers,
Which he had pluck'd to please his love,
Among the Muses' bowers.
He flew in a rage—he danced and blew;
But in vain
Was the pain
Of his bursting brain,
For still the Moon-scrap the broader grew
The more that he swelled his big cheeks and blew.
"Some girls," sez 'e, "keeps true to chaps,
An' wed 'em when they've done with scraps,
An' come 'ome whole. Yeh don't ixpec'
No tart to tie up with a wreck?
Besides," 'e sez ... "Well, any'ow,
That girl's all right; I know it now.