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TO FRITTER AWAY

Definition: TO FRITTER AWAY

TO FRITTER AWAY

1. To diminish; to pare off; to reduce to nothing by taking away a little at a time; also, to waste piecemeal; as, to fritter away time, strength, credit, etc.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Modern Translation: TO FRITTER AWAY

Language Translations for "TO FRITTER AWAY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Hungarian

  

szór (distribute, scatter, scintillate, sprinkle, strew, to diffuse, to disperse, to eject, to send forth, to sprinkle, to strew), elapróz (fritter away, to morsel). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

otay itterfray awayay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: TO FRITTER AWAY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-e-f-i-o-r-r-t-t-t-w-y"

-4 letters: trattoria, trattorie.

-5 letters: atwitter, frittata, retrofit, tartrate, terawatt, tertiary, titrator, twittery, wayfarer.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: TO FRITTER AWAY


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 4F      46 52 49 54 54 45 52      41 57 41 59

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01001111 00100000 01000110 01010010 01001001 01010100 01010100 01000101 01010010 00100000 01000001 01010111 01000001 01011001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#79 &#32 &#70 &#82 &#73 &#84 &#84 &#69 &#82 &#32 &#65 &#87 &#65 &#89

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 004F      0046 0052 0049 0054 0054 0045 0052      0041 0057 0041 0059

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5449240524354543952235573559

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Translations: Modern
3. Anagrams
4. Orthography
5. Bibliography


  

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