Answer to "Prepares to paint" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word SCRAPES , but the solution may also be PRIMES which is one of the most recent solution (2019 in USA Today).

Prepares to paint crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
SCRAPES	60 %	7
PRIMES	40 %	6

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Prepares to paint

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• apothecary
• draftsman
• expo
• architect
• arms
• braces
• coach
• cook
• cooked
• developer
• eggs
• furrier

Crossword Answer definitions

SCRAPES noun

1. A broad, shallow injury left by scraping (rather than a cut or a scratch).
2. A fight, especially a fistfight without weapons.
3. An awkward set of circumstances.
4. A D and C or abortion; or, a miscarriage.
5. A shallow depression used by ground birds as a nest; a nest scrape.
6. A shallow pit dug as a hideout.

SCRAPES verb

1. To draw (an object, especially a sharp or angular one), along (something) while exerting pressure.
2. To remove (something) by drawing an object along in this manner.
3. To injure or damage by rubbing across a surface.
4. To barely manage to achieve.
5. To collect or gather, especially without regard to the quality of what is chosen.
6. To extract data by automated means from a format not intended to be machine-readable, such as a screenshot or a formatted web page.
7. To occupy oneself with getting laboriously.
8. To play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or similar instrument.
9. To draw back the right foot along the ground or floor when making a bow.
10. To express disapprobation of (a play, etc.) or to silence (a speaker) by drawing the feet back and forth upon the floor; usually with down.

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution

More clues leading to the result SCRAPES

• Prepares to paint
• Predicaments
• Rubs the wrong way, maybe
• Tough spots
• Fights
• Abrasions
• Skins, as a knee
• Tough situations
• Pickles
• Sticky wickets

More clues leading to the result PRIMES

• 2, 3, 5, 7, 11 et al.
• Readies
• Coaches beforehand
• Two and three, for two
• Numbers like 3 and 5, but not 4
• Starts the pump
• Good meats
• Prepares
• Gets a pump flowing
• Prepares, as paint