scrape by
English
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) To only afford the essentials; to barely sustain oneself.
Etymology
Affix from English scrape + English by (habitation).
Origin
English
by
Gloss
habitation
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bescrape English
- betimes English
- by English
- by and by English
- bycause English
- bygone English
- bypoll English
- bystanding English
- closeby English
- forby English
- forthby English
- hang-by English
- hereby English
- loteby English
- nearby English
- outbye English
- outscrape English
- passer-by English
- play-by-play English
- rescrape English
- scrape English
- scrapeable English
- scrapegut English
- scrapeless English
- scraper English
- scrapest English
- scrapeth English
- scrapie English
- scraping English
- scrapy English
- scratch by English
- swingby English
- thereby English
- whereby English
- by Japanese
- by Middle English
- scrapen Middle English