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Definition: Scrape By |
Scrape ByVerb1. 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 BySynonyms: rub along (v), scrape along (v), scratch along (v), squeak by (v), squeeze by (v). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Scrape By |
| English words defined with "scrape by": Mucker ♦ scrape, scraping, scratch, scratching ♦ To scrape acquaintance ♦ wherewith, wherewithal. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "scrape by": barrel planer, BARREL-LATHE OPERATOR, OUTSIDE ♦ EXHIBIT ARTIST ♦ flake-or-shred-roll operator, FLAKING-ROLL OPERATOR, floor molder, sweep method, FURNACE OPERATOR ♦ lathe operator ♦ mold cleaner, MOLD POLISHER, MOLDER, SWEEP ♦ roll operator ♦ Sabbath, scoopman, SPRAY-MACHINE OPERATOR, STRIPPING-SHOVEL OPERATOR ♦ TANK TENDER. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
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. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
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. | ||
| 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 ir tirando (manage, rub along, scrape along, scrape through, scratch along, scratch by, tick over). (various references) | ||||||||||
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. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 63 72 61 70 65      42 79 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100011 01110010 01100001 01110000 01100101 00100000 01000010 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S c r a p e   B y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0063 0072 0061 0070 0065      0042 0079 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)53698467827123691 |
| 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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