SCRAPE (TOGETHER) Synonyms: 76 Similar and Opposite Words

scrape (together)

verb

Definition of scrape (together)

as in to put by

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More than twice as many Palantir calls traded than puts by volume Monday, with traders buying 56,000 calls and fewer than 25,000 puts, according to ThinkOrSwim data.

— Oliver Renick, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026
This tidal locking, simply put by the University of Hawaii at Manoa, is the result of the gravitational effect of the Earth on the Moon.

— Ray Petelin, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2026

Definition of put by

Verb

The images that sparked her into action – ICE’s rough treatment of people of color being rounded up, former DHS chief Kristi Noem posing in front of shirtless men in a Salvadoran prison – hit close to home.

— Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
Netflix has once again rounded up a slate of high-profile actors for an original feature film, one that has, unsurprisingly, hit #1 on the service immediately.

— Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of round up

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But five first-round draft choices eliminated for the Clippers, a team that was already acquiring draft picks in an obvious rebuild!

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
The Bayeux Museum recently acquired an early photographic copy of the tapestry from the estate of the Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts.

— John Phipps, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of acquire

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Hassouna and co-editor Denis LePaven pace the chronological patchwork of footage less as a story with a predestined shape, and more as shifting tiles of accumulating losses that the audience can traverse without being too overwhelmed.

— Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026
The forces of destruction accumulated through the Second World War.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of accumulate

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The latest contract builds on work that began in 2023, when GE Aerospace received initial funding for concept development and assembled the team that would work on the platform.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026
The football players receive 60 minutes against a roster that is usually bigger, faster, stronger and assembled with exponentially more money.

— Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of assemble

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