den vs scrape

den

noun
  • A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; especially, a cave used by a wild animal for shelter or concealment. 

  • Synonym of fort (“structure improvised from furniture, etc. for playing games.”) 

  • A comfortable room not used for formal entertaining. 

  • A group of Cub Scouts of the same age who work on projects together. 

  • A squalid or wretched place; a haunt. 

verb
  • To ensconce or hide oneself in (or as in) a den. 

scrape

noun
  • A shallow pit dug as a hideout. 

  • A shave. 

  • A diminutive of the bend (especially of the bend sinister) which is half its width. 

  • A broad, shallow injury left by scraping (rather than a cut or a scratch). 

  • A D and C or abortion; or, a miscarriage. 

  • An awkward set of circumstances. 

  • A fight, especially a fistfight without weapons. 

  • A shallow depression used by ground birds as a nest; a nest scrape. 

verb
  • To remove (something) by drawing an object along in this manner. 

  • To occupy oneself with getting laboriously. 

  • To draw back the right foot along the ground or floor when making a bow]. 

  • To collect or gather, especially without regard to the quality of what is chosen. 

  • To barely manage to achieve. 

  • To play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or similar instrument. 

  • To draw (an object, especially a sharp or angular one), along (something) while exerting pressure. 

  • To injure or damage by rubbing across a surface. 

  • To extract data by automated means from a format not intended to be machine-readable, such as a screenshot or a formatted web page. 

  • To express disapprobation of (a play, etc.) or to silence (a speaker) by drawing the feet back and forth upon the floor; usually with down. 

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