Scraped

Scraped is the past tense and past participle of the verb scrape. It describes the action of removing a thin layer from a surface by rubbing, scratching, or dragging along it, or the result of that action. The term is used across many contexts to indicate where material has been worn away, lifted, or shaved off.

In everyday use, scraped can describe physical interactions with objects or surfaces. For example, paint may be scraped from a wall to prepare for refinishing, ice can be scraped from a windshield, or mud can be scraped off footwear. It can also refer to minor injuries, such as a scraped knee, where the skin has been grazed or rubbed raw.

In cooking and food preparation, scraped is used to describe foods that have been stripped of their outer layer or have their texture altered by scraping. Common examples include scraped coconut meat, scraped ginger, or scraping vegetables such as carrots to remove fibrous outer layers before processing or cooking.

In data and information contexts, scraped often refers to data obtained through scraping, a process that automatically collects information from websites or other sources. Web scraping, screen scraping, and similar techniques are used to build datasets, monitor prices, or gather content. This practice raises ethical and legal considerations, including copyright, terms of service, and the potential impact on source sites, and is sometimes restricted or regulated by robots.txt and other access controls.

Overall, scraped denotes the result or act of removing material from a surface, whether in physical tasks, culinary preparation, or automated data collection.