scrap
/ˈskɹæp/ verb C2- To discard; to get rid of.
- To stop working on (a project or plan) indefinitely.
- To scrapbook; to create scrapbooks.
- To dispose of at a scrapyard.
- To make into scrap.
He/she/it scraps · Past scrapped · Past participle scrapped · -ing form scrapping
Verb forms
- Base form
- scrap
- He/she/it
- scraps
- Past
- scrapped
- Past participle
- scrapped
- -ing form
- scrapping
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I still retain in my scrap-book numerous clippings and extracts bearing upon the case.
Akela the Lone Wolf lay by the side of his rock as a sign that the leadership of the Pack was open, and Shere Khan with his following of scrap-fed wolves walked to and fro openly being flattered.
"This is the gentleman who forced my hand." He unfolded the scrap of paper on which I had written the word "Leprosy." "It seemed to me that if he knew so much as that it was safer that he should know all."
Holmes took up the scrap of paper, a facsimile of which is here reproduced.
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