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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut, nick |
| Synonyms: | cleave, crosshatch, deface, furrow, gash, gouge, graze, groove, indent, line, mark, mill, notch, scrape, scratch, serrate, slash, slit |
| Antonyms: | mend, smooth |
| Main Entry: | scratch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut; make a mark on |
| Synonyms: | claw, damage, etch, grate, graze, incise, lacerate, mark, prick, rasp, rub, scarify, score, scrape, scrawl, scribble |
| Antonyms: | heal, mend, smooth |
| Main Entry: | shuffle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move along lazily |
| Synonyms: | drag, limp, muddle, pad, scrape, scuff, scuffle, shamble, straggle, stumble, trail |
| Antonyms: | run |
| Main Entry: | skimp |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be cheap or frugal about |
| Synonyms: | be mean with, be sparing, cut corners, make ends meet, pinch, pinch pennies, roll back, save, scamp, scant, scrape, screw, scrimp, slight, spare, stint, tighten one's belt, withhold |
| Antonyms: | spend, use, waste |
| Main Entry: | skin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remove outer covering |
| Synonyms: | abrade, bare, bark, cast, cut off, decorticate, excoriate, exuviate, flay, gall, graze, hull, husk, lay bare, pare, peel, pull off, remove, rind, scale, scalp, scrape, shave, shed, shuck, slough, strip, trim |
| Notes: | skin is the general term for an animal's outer covering; the layer of fur, hair, or wool is the coat; hide is the tough skin of certain large animals that is tanned and made into leather; pelt is untanned skin of fur-bearing animals |
| Antonyms: | cover |
| Main Entry: | snag |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complication in situation |
| Synonyms: | Catch-22, bar, barrier, blockade, brake, bug*, catch, clog, crimp, cropper, crunch, curb, difficulty, disadvantage, drag*, drawback, fix*, glitch, hamper, hitch, holdup, hole*, hurdle, impediment, inconvenience, knot, obstacle, obstruction, pickle, problem, puzzler, scrape, spot, stumbling block, the rub, tight spot |
| Antonyms: | advantage, convenience |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | spare |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | do or manage without |
| Synonyms: | afford, allow, bestow, dispense with, give, grant, part with, pinch, provide, put by, relinquish, salt away, save, scrape, scrimp, short, skimp, stint, supply |
| Antonyms: | need |
| Main Entry: | spot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bad situation |
| Synonyms: | box*, corner*, difficulty, dilemma, fix, hole*, jam, mess, pickle, plight, predicament, quandary, scrape, trouble |
| Antonyms: | benefit, boon, success |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stint |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | economize; hold back |
| Synonyms: | be frugal, be parsimonious, be sparing, be stingy, begrudge, confine, cut corners, define, go easy on, grudge, limit, make ends meet, penny-pinch, pinch, restrain, roll back, save, save for rainy day, scrape, scrimp, skimp on, sock away, spare, squirrel, stash, tighten belt, withhold |
| Antonyms: | spend |
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