DANTE: scrabble.xml

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<Entry xmlns="urn:NEID" xmlns:d="urn:NEID" xmlns:e="urn:IDMEE" level="20"><DEnt><HwdGp><HWD>scrabble</HWD></HwdGp><FwkSenCnt><POS code="v"/><MEANING>try frantically to get hold of sth</MEANING><FwkStrCnt><STRV code="PP_X"/><STRSTAT>for</STRSTAT><ExCnt><EX>He <b>scrabbled</b> for a dagger.
</EX></ExCnt><ExCnt><EX>His hands <b>scrabbled</b> desperately for a fingerhold, but he was slowly dragged backwards.
</EX></ExCnt><ExCnt><EX>My right boot <b>scrabbles</b> frantically for a better purchase.
</EX></ExCnt></FwkStrCnt></FwkSenCnt><FwkSenCnt><POS code="n"/><MEANING>the action of frantically trying to get hold of sth</MEANING><FwkStrCnt><STRN code="PP_X"/><STRSTAT>for</STRSTAT><ExCnt><EX>Sharp intakes of breath, a <b>scrabble</b> for masks and fins and we were in the water in seconds.
 </EX></ExCnt></FwkStrCnt><FwkStrCnt><STRN code="Vinf_to"/><ExCnt><EX>I noticed that any movement tended to result in a <b>scrabble</b> to maintain a firm footing.
</EX></ExCnt><ExCnt><EX>There then followed a frantic <b>scrabble</b> to pull in the line and as luck would have it the tip had twisted its self round the line and was relatively easy to retrieve.
</EX></ExCnt><ExCnt><EX>As can be imagined there was a mad <b>scrabble</b> to unearth keys to sheds and outhouses that had been gathering dust through under use.
</EX></ExCnt></FwkStrCnt></FwkSenCnt><FwkSenCnt><POS code="v"/><MEANING>frantically try to get or achieve sth</MEANING><FwkStrCnt><STRV code="PP_X"/><STRSTAT>for</STRSTAT><ExCnt><EX>There are people who are just <b>scrabbling</b> for any job they can get.
</EX></ExCnt><ExCnt><EX>She held her breath for several heartbeats, <b>scrabbling</b> for a response.
</EX></ExCnt><ExCnt><EX>We're not spending time <b>scrabbling</b> for funding.
</EX></ExCnt></FwkStrCnt><FwkStrCnt><STRV code="Vinf_to"/><ExCnt><EX>These street children <b>scrabble</b> to maintain the most basic form of existence.
</EX></ExCnt><ExCnt><EX>Now I'm back at work and <b>scrabbling</b> to catch up.
</EX></ExCnt><ExCnt><EX>After seven years <b>scrabbling</b> to make a living, he returned to work last summer in the aftermath of the war.
</EX></ExCnt></FwkStrCnt></FwkSenCnt><FwkSenCnt><POS code="n"/><MEANING>the action of frantically trying to get or achieve sth</MEANING><ExCnt><EX>First the major part of the plan was voted down and then in a mad <b>scrabble</b> was brought back and then deferred...
</EX></ExCnt><FwkStrCnt><STRN code="PP_X"/><STRSTAT>for</STRSTAT><ExCnt><EX>The early Elizabethan period was a <b>scrabble</b> for the throne.
</EX></ExCnt><ExCnt><EX>For the last 12 months the staff have done little else except fend off creditors and <b>scrabble</b> for money.
</EX></ExCnt><ExCnt><EX>The discussion within New Labour is not about how best to serve the interests of the party or about listening to the concerns of our members and supporters but about which candidate to back in the <b>scrabble</b> for position in the post Blair regime.
 </EX></ExCnt></FwkStrCnt><FwkStrCnt><STRN code="Vinf_to"/><ExCnt><EX>The present unseemly and frenetic <b>scrabble</b> to woo members of the UN Security Council has revealed uncomfortable facts about the true nature of international "diplomacy.
</EX></ExCnt><ExCnt><EX>Since Putin came to power in 1999, he has acted to rein in the "oligarchs" - the super-wealthy businessmen who looted the economy during the <b>scrabble</b> to grab former state industries in the mid-1990s. </EX></ExCnt><ExCnt><EX>And wouldn't you know it, in their <b>scrabble</b> to reach the top, both cops are willing to act like the very criminals they're supposed to be stopping.
</EX></ExCnt></FwkStrCnt></FwkSenCnt><FwkSenCnt><POS code="v"/><MEANING>desperately search for sth</MEANING><FwkStrCnt><STRV code="AVP"/><ExCnt><EX> In many cases this influx of money has done little or nothing to help the ordinary people, all too often these unfortunates are reduced to <b>scrabbling</b> amongst the rubbish discarded by their fellow countrymen.
</EX></ExCnt><ExCnt><EX>Men wearing handkerchiefs over their mouths and noses were <b>scrabbling</b> through the wreckage in a frantic search for survivors.
</EX></ExCnt><ExCnt><EX>The first time I ever saw Robert Parker, in a bit-part in Bintley's 'Far from the Madding Crowd', I remember <b>scrabbling</b> through the programme the minute the lights came up, to find out his name.</EX></ExCnt></FwkStrCnt></FwkSenCnt><FwkSenCnt><POS code="v"/><MEANING>scratch about</MEANING><FwkStrCnt><STRV code="PP_X"/><STRSTAT>in</STRSTAT><ExCnt><EX>A chicken <b>scrabbles</b> in the dust nearby. </EX></ExCnt><ExCnt><EX>We cooked by candlelight on bare floorboards, wind and rain rattling the skylight, a mouse <b>scrabbling</b> in the grate downstairs.</EX></ExCnt><ExCnt><EX>Remind them that all over the world children <b>scrabble</b> in the dust for grains of wheat and rice.
</EX></ExCnt></FwkStrCnt></FwkSenCnt><FwkSenCnt><POS code="n"/><MEANING>the sound of claws on a surface</MEANING><ExCnt><EX>A murmur of voices and the <b>scrabble</b> of paws came from behind a shut door at the end.
</EX></ExCnt><ExCnt><EX>He heard a <b>scrabble</b> at the door of the bar, followed by a concerned woof.
</EX></ExCnt></FwkSenCnt><FwkSenCnt><POS code="v"/><MEANING>crawl quickly</MEANING><FwkStrCnt><STRV code="Part"/><STRTYPE>Part_dir</STRTYPE><ExCnt><EX>Once it saw an opportunity for escape, the cockroach <b>scrabbled</b> across the floor.
</EX></ExCnt><ExCnt><EX>This is because of the wild goats roaming around, as well as the Hermit crabs <b>scrabbling</b> over leaves etc (the island is literally covered in these crabs, so be careful not to stand on them).
</EX></ExCnt><ExCnt><EX>When you see Jackie Chan <b>scrabbling</b> over the sheer front of a building, engaged in a two-on-one kung fu scrap, than you know it's Jackie Chan.
</EX></ExCnt></FwkStrCnt></FwkSenCnt><FwkSenCnt><POS code="n"/><MEANING>the action of crawling quickly or moving clumsily</MEANING><FwkStrCnt><STRN code="AVP_post_mod"/><ExCnt><EX>A sense of urgency verging on panic occasioned a hasty and undignified <b>scrabble</b> across the top of the walls and down the disintegrating path.
</EX></ExCnt><ExCnt><EX>Access to the coastline was initially easy, a <b>scrabble</b> across a ditch bringing what would probably, in the fens, be called a levee: an artificial raised bank.
</EX></ExCnt></FwkStrCnt></FwkSenCnt><FwkSenCnt><POS code="n"/><VarCnt><VAR>Scrabble</VAR></VarCnt><LabelGp><DOMAIN label="tbl-game"/></LabelGp><LabelGp><STYLE label="TM"/></LabelGp><MEANING>a game where players form words from lettered tiles </MEANING><ExCnt><EX>I don't remember how many 'o's there are in the game of <b>scrabble</b>.
</EX></ExCnt><ExCnt><EX>After dinner we played <b>Scrabble</b> and I won.
</EX></ExCnt><FwkStrCnt><STRN code="N_premod"/><FwkCollocCnt><CollocGp><COLLOC>player</COLLOC><COLLOC>board</COLLOC></CollocGp><ExCnt><EX>He never dreamt that one day there would be full-time <b>Scrabble</b> players, learning words several hours a day for years on end.
</EX></ExCnt><ExCnt><EX>Scrabble is also a very popular board game with lots of history, the aim of the game is to make words from your allocated letters on the <b>scrabble</b> board.
</EX></ExCnt></FwkCollocCnt></FwkStrCnt></FwkSenCnt><FwkMWEBlk><PhrVBlk><PhrVCnt><PhrVGp><PHRV>scrabble around</PHRV><VarCnt><VAR>scrabble about</VAR></VarCnt></PhrVGp><FwkSenCnt><POS code="phr_v"/><GRAM code="v_adv"/><MEANING>frantically search for sth </MEANING><FwkStrCnt><STRV code="_0"/><ExCnt><EX>Made myself quite late for work as I <b>scrabbled around</b> trying to locate a decent scarf and a hat of some kind.
</EX></ExCnt><ExCnt><EX>She's got her head stuck inside my wardrobe, <b>scrabbling</b> about .
</EX></ExCnt><ExCnt><EX>I <b>scrabbled</b> about , then realised that it was in my purse.
</EX></ExCnt></FwkStrCnt><FwkStrCnt><STRV code="PP_X"/><STRSTAT>for</STRSTAT><ExCnt><EX>So a few of us ended up <b>scrabbling</b> around for some loose change, to make up the bill.
</EX></ExCnt><ExCnt><EX>"Do you remember me <b>scrabbling</b> around for my shoes?" she laughed 
 </EX></ExCnt><ExCnt><EX>I <b>scrabbled</b> about for something with a straight edge and eventually I found a long ruler.
</EX></ExCnt></FwkStrCnt><FwkStrCnt><STRV code="Part"/><STRTYPE>Part_loc</STRTYPE><ExCnt><EX>I then <b>scrabbled</b> around in the kitchen drawers and managed to assemble a reasonable selection of coloured pencils because I was keen to get more out of my drawing.
</EX></ExCnt><ExCnt><EX>People had great fun <b>scrabbling</b> around in the holds which contain gas masks, tyres, shaving kits, photographic plates etc. </EX></ExCnt><ExCnt><EX>As I was <b>scrabbling</b> about behind the gravestones, I heard my cue.
 </EX></ExCnt></FwkStrCnt><FwkStrCnt><STRV code="Vinf_to"/><ExCnt><EX>The supermarkets will be laughing all the way to the bank while farmers in Sussex <b>scrabble</b> around to make a living.
</EX></ExCnt><ExCnt><EX>In <b>scrabbling</b> around to find the solution to a problem, you could end up with rather more options to consider than you had to start with.
</EX></ExCnt><ExCnt><EX>Older fans will share my memories of being away on holiday in foreign climes and <b>scrabbling</b> about to buy an English newspaper, usually two days old and priced at around ten pounds equivalent in local currency, just to read the football results.
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