Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to scrap
Participle: scrapped
Gerund: scrapping
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | scrap |
| you | scrap |
| he;she;it | scraps |
| we | scrap |
| you | scrap |
| they | scrap |
Perfect
| I | have scrapped |
| you | have scrapped |
| he;she;it | has scrapped |
| we | have scrapped |
| you | have scrapped |
| they | have scrapped |
Past
| I | scrapped |
| you | scrapped |
| he;she;it | scrapped |
| we | scrapped |
| you | scrapped |
| they | scrapped |
Pluperfect
| I | had scrapped |
| you | had scrapped |
| he;she;it | had scrapped |
| we | had scrapped |
| you | had scrapped |
| they | had scrapped |
Future
| I | will scrap |
| you | will scrap |
| he;she;it | will scrap |
| we | will scrap |
| you | will scrap |
| they | will scrap |
Future Perfect
| I | will have scrapped |
| you | will have scrapped |
| he;she;it | will have scrapped |
| we | will have scrapped |
| you | will have scrapped |
| they | will have scrapped |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | scrap |
| you | scrap |
| he;she;it | scrap |
| we | scrap |
| you | scrap |
| they | scrap |
Perfect
| I | have scrapped |
| you | have scrapped |
| he;she;it | have scrapped |
| we | have scrapped |
| you | have scrapped |
| they | have scrapped |
Imperfect
| I | scrapped |
| you | scrapped |
| he;she;it | scrapped |
| we | scrapped |
| you | scrapped |
| they | scrapped |
Pluperfect
| I | had scrapped |
| you | had scrapped |
| he;she;it | had scrapped |
| we | had scrapped |
| you | had scrapped |
| they | had scrapped |
Conditional
Present
| I | would scrap |
| you | would scrap |
| he;she;it | would scrap |
| we | would scrap |
| you | would scrap |
| they | would scrap |
Perfect
| I | would have scrapped |
| you | would have scrapped |
| he;she;it | would have scrapped |
| we | would have scrapped |
| you | would have scrapped |
| they | would have scrapped |
Imperative
| you | scrap |
| we | Let's scrap |
| you | scrap |
Verbs conjugated like 'scrap'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'scrap'
crap,
scrab,
scrag,
scram,
scramp,
scran,
scrape,
scrat,
strap,
cap,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- throw away
- discard, ditch, dump, junk, throw away, throw out, toss, trash, wreck
- to throw away as useless
- 86, bin, can, cast away, chuck, chuck away, chuck out, discard, dispose of, ditch, dump, get rid of, jettison, junk, shift, throw away, throw out, toss, trash
- to remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material
- blue-pencil, cancel, clear, cross out, eliminate, erase, exclude, expunge, obliterate, remove, rub out, score, scratch, scrub, squelch, strike, strike out, terminate, delete
- discard
- reject, dismiss, abandon, forsake
Antonyms
- discard
- keep, retain, embrace, seek
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. "small piece," 1387, from O.N.
skrap "scraps, trifles," from
skrapa "to scrape" (see scrape). Meaning "remains of metal produced after rolling or casting" is from 1790. The verb meaning "to make into scrap" is recorded from 1891.
Scrapbook first recorded 1825.
Scrap iron first recorded 1823.
2. From Middle English scrappe, from Old Norse skrap, from skrapa (“to scrape, scratch”), from Proto-Germanic *skrapōną, *skrepaną (“to scrape, scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *skreb-, *skrep- (“to engrave”). Cf. Swedish skräp (“garbage”). See: Proto-Germanic '
*skrapōną'.
Verbs referencing "scrap"
Tok Pisin skrap.
Sample Sentences
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The party plans to scrap the military-drafted constitution, and bring the army's many business interests under the Ministry of Finance. [2023 May 29, Jonathan Head, “Pita Limjaroenrat: Thai election upstart who vows to be different”, in BBC:]
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"The wire is probably at the station."
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"True; you said 10.45. Well, what do you propose doing now?"
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"Scrapping all our arrangements and recovering the papers without arresting Slater." [1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC:]
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Northern made much of the scrapping of the first of the Pacers (142005), and to date 35 of its Class 142s have been scrapped, with a further 11 off-lease at Gascoigne Wood. [2020 May 20, John Crosse, “Soon to be gone... but never forgotten”, in Rail, page 63:]
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Standing on the mountain above Caerphilly, one may reflect upon the gap where once stood Llanbradach Viaduct, and look near at hand upon the restored ruins of Caerphilly Castle; man labours to rebuild the mediaeval whilst he ruthlessly scraps the modern. [1939 September, D. S. Barrie, “The Railways of South Wales”, in Railway Magazine, page 165:]