Wordnet 3.0
VERB (1)
1.
gather (money or other resources) together over time;
- Example: "She had scraped together enough money for college"- Example: "they scratched a meager living"[syn: scrape, scrape up, scratch, come up]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
scrape up
v 1: gather (money or other resources) together over time; "She
had scraped together enough money for college"; "they
scratched a meager living" [syn: scrape, scrape up,
scratch, come up]