Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 28
Scrambled (imp. & p. p.) of Scramble.
Scrambling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scramble.
Scramble (v. i.) To clamber with hands and knees; to scrabble; as, to scramble up a cliff; to scramble over the rocks.
Scramble (v. i.) To struggle eagerly with others for something thrown upon the ground; to go down upon all fours to seize something; to catch rudely at what is desired.
Of other care they little reckoning make, Than how to scramble at the shearer's feast. -- Milton.
Scramble (v. t.) To collect by scrambling; as, to scramble up wealth. -- Marlowe.
Scramble (v. t.) To prepare (eggs) as a dish for the table, by stirring the yolks and whites together while cooking.
Scramble (n.) The act of scrambling, climbing on all fours, or clambering.
Scramble (n.) The act of jostling and pushing for something desired; eager and unceremonious struggle for what is thrown or held out; as, a scramble for office.
Scarcity [of money] enhances its price, and increases the scramble. -- Locke.
Scramble (n.) An unceremonious and disorganized struggle [syn: scramble, scuffle].
Scramble (n.) Rushing about hastily in an undignified way [syn: scamper, scramble, scurry].
Scramble (v.) To move hurriedly; "The friend scrambled after them".
Scramble (v.) Climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling [syn: clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle, sputter].
Scramble (v.) Bring into random order [syn: scramble, jumble, throw together].
Scramble (v.) Stir vigorously; "beat the egg whites"; "beat the cream" [syn: beat, scramble].
Scramble (v.) Make unintelligible; "scramble the message so that nobody can understand it" [ant: unscramble].
Scrambler (n.) One who scrambles; one who climbs on all fours.
Scrambler (n.) A greedy and unceremonious contestant.
Scrambler (n.) A rapid mover; someone who scrambles; "their quarterback was a good scrambler"; "scramblers can often unnerve a better tennis player".
Scrambler (n.) A lightweight motorcycle equipped with rugged tires and suspension; an off-road motorcycle designed for riding cross country or over unpaved ground [syn: trail bike, dirt bike, scrambler].
Scrambler (n.) Electronic equipment that makes speech unintelligible during transmission and restores it at reception.
Scrambling (a.) Confused and irregular; awkward; scambling. -- Scram"bling*ly, adv.
A huge old scrambling bedroom. -- Sir W. Scott.
Scranched (imp. & p. p.) of Scranch.
Scranching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scranch.
Scranch (v. t.) To grind with the teeth, and with a crackling sound; to craunch. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.]
Scranch (v.) Make a crushing noise; "his shoes were crunching on the gravel" [syn: crunch, scranch, scraunch, crackle].
Scranky (a.) Thin; lean. [Scot.]
Scrannel (a.) Slight; thin; lean; poor.
Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw. -- Milton.
Scranny (a.) Thin; lean; meager; scrawny; scrannel. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Scrap (n.) Something scraped off; hence, a small piece; a bit; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.
I have no materials -- not a scrap. -- De Quincey.
Scrap (n.) Specifically, a fragment of something written or printed; a brief excerpt; an unconnected extract.
Scrap (n.) pl. The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat; as, pork scraps.
Scrap (n.) pl. Same as Scrap iron, below.
Scrap forgings, Forgings made from wrought iron scrap.
Scrap iron. (a) Cuttings and waste pieces of wrought iron from which bar iron or forgings can be made; -- called also wrought-iron scrap.
Scrap iron. (b) Fragments of cast iron or defective castings suitable for remelting in the foundry; -- called also foundry scrap, or cast scrap.
Shrap, Shrape (n.) [Cf. Scrap, and Scrape.] A place baited with chaff to entice birds. [Written also scrap.] [Obs.] -- Bp. Bedell.
Scrap (n.) A small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye" [syn: bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap].
Scrap (n.) Worthless material that is to be disposed of [syn: rubbish, trash, scrap].
Scrap (n.) A small piece of something that is left over after the rest has been used; "she jotted it on a scrap of paper"; "there was not a scrap left."
Scrap (n.) The act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap" [syn: fight, fighting, combat, scrap].
Scrap (v.) Dispose of (something useless or old); "trash these old chairs"; "junk an old car"; "scrap your old computer" [syn: trash, junk, scrap].
Scrap (v.) Have a disagreement over something; "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America"; "These two fellows are always scrapping over something" [syn: quarrel, dispute, scrap, argufy, altercate].
Scrap (v.) Make into scrap or refuse; "scrap the old airplane and sell the parts."
Scrap, () Something written at CSIR, Pretoria, South Africa in the late 1970s. It ran on Interdata and Perkin-Elmer computers and was in use until the late 1980s.
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Scrapbook (n.) A blank book in which extracts cut from books and papers may be pasted and kept.
Scraped (imp. & p. p.) of Scrape.
Scraping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scrape.
Scrape (v. t.) To rub over the surface of (something) with a sharp or rough instrument; to rub over with something that roughens by removing portions of the surface; to grate harshly over; to abrade; to make even, or bring to a required condition or form, by moving the sharp edge of an instrument breadthwise over the surface with pressure, cutting away excesses and superfluous parts; to make smooth or clean; as, to scrape a bone with a knife; to scrape a metal plate to an even surface.
Scrape (v. t.) To remove by rubbing or scraping (in the sense above).
Scrape (v. t.) To collect by, or as by, a process of scraping; to gather in small portions by laborious effort; hence, to acquire avariciously and save penuriously; -- often followed by together or up; as, to scrape money together.
Scrape (v. t.) To express disapprobation of, as a play, or to silence, as a speaker, by drawing the feet back and forth upon the floor; -- usually with down.
Scrape (v. i.) To rub over the surface of anything with something which roughens or removes it, or which smooths or cleans it; to rub harshly and noisily along.
Scrape (v. i.) To occupy one's self with getting laboriously; as, he scraped and saved until he became rich.
Scrape (v. i.) To play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or like instrument.
Scrape (v. i.) To draw back the right foot along the ground or floor when making a bow.
Scrape (n.) The act of scraping; also, the effect of scraping, as a scratch, or a harsh sound; as, a noisy scrape on the floor; a scrape of a pen.
Scrape (n.) A drawing back of the right foot when bowing; also, a bow made with that accompaniment.
Scrape (n.) A disagreeable and embarrassing predicament out of which one can not get without undergoing, as it were, a painful rubbing or scraping; a perplexity; a difficulty.
Scrapepenny (n.) One who gathers and hoards money in trifling sums; a miser.
Scraper (n.) An instrument with which anything is scraped.
Scraper (n.) An instrument by which the soles of shoes are cleaned from mud and the like, by drawing them across it.
Scraper (n.) An instrument drawn by oxen or horses, used for scraping up earth in making or repairing roads, digging cellars, canals etc.
Scraper (n.) An instrument having two or three sharp sides or edges, for cleaning the planks, masts, or decks of a ship.
Scraper (n.) In the printing press, a board, or blade, the edge of which is made to rub over the tympan sheet and thus produce the impression.
Scraper (n.) One who scrapes.
Scraper (n.) One who plays awkwardly on a violin.
Scraper (n.) One who acquires avariciously and saves penuriously.
Scraping (n.) The act of scraping; the act or process of making even, or reducing to the proper form, by means of a scraper.
Scraping (n.) Something scraped off; that which is separated from a substance, or is collected by scraping; as, the scraping of the street.
Scraping (a.) Resembling the act of, or the effect produced by, one who, or that which, scrapes; as, a scraping noise; a scraping miser.
Scrappily (adv.) In a scrappy manner; in scraps.
Scrappy (a.) Consisting of scraps; fragmentary; lacking unity or consistency; as, a scrappy lecture.
Scrat (v. t.) To scratch.
Scrat (v. i.) To rake; to search.
Scrat (n.) An hermaphrodite.
Scratched (imp. & p. p.) of Scratch.
Scratching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scratch.
Scratch (v. t.) To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough across, as the claws, the nails, a pin, or the like.
Scratch (v. t.) To write or draw hastily or awkwardly.
Scratch (v. t.) To cancel by drawing one or more lines through, as the name of a candidate upon a ballot, or of a horse in a list; hence, to erase; to efface; -- often with out.
Scratch (v. t.) To dig or excavate with the claws; as, some animals scratch holes, in which they burrow.
Scratch (v. i.) To use the claws or nails in tearing or in digging; to make scratches.
Scratch (v. i.) To score, not by skillful play but by some fortunate chance of the game.
Scratch (n.) A break in the surface of a thing made by scratching, or by rubbing with anything pointed or rough; a slight wound, mark, furrow, or incision.
Scratch (n.) A line across the prize ring; up to which boxers are brought when they join fight; hence, test, trial, or proof of courage; as, to bring to the scratch; to come up to the scratch.
Scratch (n.) Minute, but tender and troublesome, excoriations, covered with scabs, upon the heels of horses which have been used where it is very wet or muddy.
Scratch (n.) A kind of wig covering only a portion of the head.
Scratch (n.) A shot which scores by chance and not as intended by the player; a fluke.
Scratch (a.) Made, done, or happening by chance; arranged with little or no preparation; determined by circumstances; haphazard; as, a scratch team; a scratch crew for a boat race; a scratch shot in billiards.
Scratchback (n.) A toy which imitates the sound of tearing cloth, -- used by drawing it across the back of unsuspecting persons.
Scratchbrush (n.) A stiff wire brush for cleaning iron castings and other metal.
Scratch coat () The first coat in plastering; -- called also scratchwork. See Pricking-up.
Scratcher (n.) One who, or that which, scratches; specifically (Zool.), any rasorial bird.
Scratching (adv.) With the action of scratching.
Scratchweed (n.) Cleavers.
Scratchwork (n.) See Scratch coat.
Scratchy (a.) Characterized by scratches.
Scraw (n.) A turf.
Scrawl (v. i.) See Crawl.
Scrawled (imp. & p. p.) of Scrawl.
Scrawling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scrawl.
Scrawl (v. t.) To draw or mark awkwardly and irregularly; to write hastily and carelessly; to scratch; to scribble; as, to scrawl a letter.
Scrawl (v. i.) To write unskillfully and inelegantly.
Scrawl (n.) Unskillful or inelegant writing; that which is unskillfully or inelegantly written.
Scrawler (n.) One who scrawls; a hasty, awkward writer.
Scrawny (a.) Meager; thin; rawboned; bony; scranny.
Scray (n.) A tern; the sea swallow.
Screable (a.) Capable of being spit out.
Screaked (imp. & p. p.) of Screak.
Screaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Screak.
Screak (v.) To utter suddenly a sharp, shrill sound; to screech; to creak, as a door or wheel.
Screak (n.) A creaking; a screech; a shriek.
Screamed (imp. & p. p.) of Scream.
Screaming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scream.
Scream (v. i.) To cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, sharp outcry, or shrill, loud cry, as in fright or extreme pain; to shriek; to screech.
Scream (n.) A sharp, shrill cry, uttered suddenly, as in terror or in pain; a shriek; a screech.
Screamer (n.) Any one of three species of South American birds constituting the family Anhimidae, and the suborder Palamedeae. They have two spines on each wing, and the head is either crested or horned. They are easily tamed, and then serve as guardians for other poultry. The crested screamers, or chajas, belong to the genus Chauna. The horned screamer, or kamichi, is Palamedea cornuta.
Screaming (a.) Uttering screams; shrieking.
Screaming (a.) Having the nature of a scream; like a scream; shrill; sharp.
Scree (n.) A pebble; a stone; also, a heap of stones or rocky debris.
Screeched (imp. & p. p.) of Screech.
Screeching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Screech.
Screech (v.) To utter a harsh, shrill cry; to make a sharp outcry, as in terror or acute pain; to scream; to shriek.