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Scrape By

Definition: Scrape By

Scrape By

Verb

1. Manage one's existence barely; "I guess I can squeeze by on this lousy salary".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 



Synonyms: Scrape By

Synonyms: rub along (v), scrape along (v), scratch along (v), squeak by (v), squeeze by (v). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Scrape By

English words defined with "scrape by": Muckerscrape, scraping, scratch, scratchingTo scrape acquaintancewherewith, wherewithal. (references)
Specialty definitions using "scrape by": barrel planer, BARREL-LATHE OPERATOR, OUTSIDEEXHIBIT ARTISTflake-or-shred-roll operator, FLAKING-ROLL OPERATOR, floor molder, sweep method, FURNACE OPERATORlathe operatormold cleaner, MOLD POLISHER, MOLDER, SWEEProll operatorSabbath, scoopman, SPRAY-MACHINE OPERATOR, STRIPPING-SHOVEL OPERATORTANK TENDER. (references)

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Modern Usage: Scrape By

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Well, no. But you might just scrape by with a C. (Pay It Forward; writing credit: Leslie Dixon)

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

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Use in Literature: Scrape By

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

For sixty centuries, man and woman have got out of the scrape by loving.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Modern Translations: Scrape By

Language Translations for "scrape by"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

карам някак. (various references)

   

Czech

  

vystaèit. (various references)

   

German

  

sich vorbeizwängen, sich durchwursteln (bumble through, muddle through), durchhungern. (various references)

   

Italian

  

tirare avanti (get by, struggle on), cavarsela (contrive, get away with, manage, scrape along, scrape through). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

apescray ybay

   

Spanish

  

ir tirando (manage, rub along, scrape along, scrape through, scratch along, scratch by, tick over). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Scrape By

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-c-e-p-r-s-y"

-2 letters: baryes, becaps, braces, cabers, capers, crapes, creasy, cypres, escarp, pacers, parsec, payers, recaps, repays, scarey, scrape, secpar, spacer, spacey, yerbas.

-3 letters: abyes, acerb, acres, apers, apery, apres, asper, bares, barye, baser, bears, becap, brace, braes, brays, byres, caber, caper, capes, carbs, cares, carps, carse, crabs, crape, craps, crepy, escar, eyras, pacer, paces, pares, parse, payer, pears, prase, prays, presa, preys, pyres, races, rapes, raspy, reaps, recap, repay, resay, saber, sabre, sayer, scape, scare, scarp, scary, scrap, serac, space, spacy, spare, spear, spray, years, yerba.

-4 letters: abye, abys, aces, acre, aery, aper, apes, apse, arbs, arcs, ares, arse, ayes, baps, bare, bars, base, bays, bear, beys, brae, bras, bray, byes, byre, cabs, cape, caps, carb, care, carp, cars, case, cays, ceps, crab, crap, ears, easy, eras, espy, eyas, eyra, pace, pacs, pare, pars, pase, pays, pear, peas, pecs, pray, prey, pyas, pyes, pyre, race, racy, rape, raps, rase, rasp, rays, reap, rebs, recs, reps, ryas, ryes, sabe, scab, scar, scry, sear, sera, spae, spar, spay, spec, spry, syce, yaps, yare, year, yeas.

-5 letters: abs, aby, ace, ape, arb, arc, are, ars, asp, aye, ays, bap, bar, bas, bay, bey, bra, bye, bys, cab, cap, car, cay, cep, cry, ear, era, ers, pac, par, pas, pay, pea, pec, per, pes, pry, pya, pye, rap, ras, ray, reb, rec, rep, res, rya, rye, sab, sac, sae, sap, say, sea, sec, ser, spa, spy, yap, yar, yea, yep, yes.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-c-e-p-r-s-y"
 

+2 letters: cyberspace.

 

+3 letters: cyberspaces, respectably.

 

+4 letters: plebiscitary.

 

+5 letters: brachypterous, psychobabbler.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Scrape By


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

53 63 72 61 70 65      42 79

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

    

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

01010011 01100011 01110010 01100001 01110000 01100101 00100000 01000010 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#99 &#114 &#97 &#112 &#101 &#32 &#66 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0063 0072 0061 0070 0065      0042 0079

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

53698467827123691

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Quotations: Fiction
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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