| slovo | definícia |
scrabble
(encz) | scrabble,čmáranice n: Zdeněk Brož |
scrabble
(encz) | scrabble,šátrat v: Zdeněk Brož |
scrabble
(encz) | scrabble,škrábání n: Zdeněk Brož |
Scrabble
(gcide) | Scrabble \Scrab"ble\ (skr[a^]b"b'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Scrabbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Scrabbling.] [Freq. of scrape.
Cf. Scramble, Scrawl, v. t.]
1. To scrape, paw, or scratch with the hands; to proceed by
clawing with the hands and feet; to scramble; as, to
scrabble up a cliff or a tree.
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Now after a while Little-faith came to himself, and
getting up made shift to scrabble on his way.
--Bunyan.
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2. To make irregular, crooked, or unmeaning marks; to
scribble; to scrawl.
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David . . . scrabbled on the doors of the gate. --1.
Sam. xxi. 13.
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Scrabble
(gcide) | Scrabble \Scrab"ble\, v. t.
To mark with irregular lines or letters; to scribble; as, to
scrabble paper.
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Scrabble
(gcide) | Scrabble \Scrab"ble\, n.
The act of scrabbling; a moving upon the hands and knees; a
scramble; also, a scribble.
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scrabble
(wn) | scrabble
n 1: an aimless drawing [syn: scribble, scrabble, doodle]
2: a board game in which words are formed from letters in
patterns similar to a crossword puzzle; each letter has a
value and those values are used to score the game
v 1: feel searchingly; "She groped for his keys in the dark"
[syn: grope for, scrabble]
2: write down quickly without much attention to detail [syn:
scribble, scrabble] |
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hardscrabble
(mass) | hardscrabble
- biedny |
hardscrabble
(encz) | hardscrabble,bídný adj: Zdeněk Brožhardscrabble,nuzácký adj: Zdeněk Brož |
scrabble
(encz) | scrabble,čmáranice n: Zdeněk Brožscrabble,šátrat v: Zdeněk Brožscrabble,škrábání n: Zdeněk Brož |
scrabbled
(encz) | scrabbled, |
scrabbler
(encz) | scrabbler, |
hardscrabble marginal
(gcide) | Meager \Mea"ger\, Meagre \Mea"gre\, a. [OE. merge, F. maigre, L.
macer; akin to D. & G. mager, Icel. magr, and prob. to Gr.
makro`s long. Cf. Emaciate, Maigre.]
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1. Destitue of, or having little, flesh; lean.
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Meager were his looks;
Sharp misery had worn him to the bones. --Shak.
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2. Destitute of richness, fertility, strength, or the like;
defective in quantity, or poor in quality; poor; barren;
scanty in ideas; wanting strength of diction or affluence
of imagery; as, meager resources; meager fare. Opposite of
ample. [WordNet sense 1] [Narrower terms: exiguous]
[Narrower terms: hardscrabble, marginal] [Narrower
terms: measly, miserable, paltry] "Meager soil."
--Dryden.
Syn: meagre, meagerly, scanty.
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Of secular habits and meager religious belief.
--I. Taylor.
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His education had been but meager. --Motley.
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3. (Min.) Dry and harsh to the touch, as chalk.
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4. less than a desirable amount; -- of items distributed from
a larger supply. [WordNet sense 2]
Syn: scrimpy, skimpy, skimping.
[WordNet 1.5]
Syn: Thin; lean; lank; gaunt; starved; hungry; poor;
emaciated; scanty; barren.
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Scrabbled
(gcide) | Scrabble \Scrab"ble\ (skr[a^]b"b'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Scrabbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Scrabbling.] [Freq. of scrape.
Cf. Scramble, Scrawl, v. t.]
1. To scrape, paw, or scratch with the hands; to proceed by
clawing with the hands and feet; to scramble; as, to
scrabble up a cliff or a tree.
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Now after a while Little-faith came to himself, and
getting up made shift to scrabble on his way.
--Bunyan.
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2. To make irregular, crooked, or unmeaning marks; to
scribble; to scrawl.
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David . . . scrabbled on the doors of the gate. --1.
Sam. xxi. 13.
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hardscrabble
(wn) | hardscrabble
adj 1: barely satisfying a lower standard; "the sharecropper's
hardscrabble life" |
scrabble
(wn) | scrabble
n 1: an aimless drawing [syn: scribble, scrabble, doodle]
2: a board game in which words are formed from letters in
patterns similar to a crossword puzzle; each letter has a
value and those values are used to score the game
v 1: feel searchingly; "She groped for his keys in the dark"
[syn: grope for, scrabble]
2: write down quickly without much attention to detail [syn:
scribble, scrabble] |
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