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]