scuttle

«scuttle» in Mova's school dictionary: To run with short, quick steps, like a crab or mouse — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (scuttle, scuttles, scuttled, scuttling); noun (a scuttle, coal scuttle)

meaning for a pupil

1) To run with short, quick steps, like a crab or mouse. tree →

2) To sink your own ship on purpose by making holes in it. tree →

3) To spoil or stop a plan: The rain scuttled our picnic. tree →

4) (noun) A metal bucket for coal. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories, crabs and mice scuttle, giving a lively picture. In history, sailors scuttled ships so the enemy could not take them. Phrases: scuttle away, scuttle off, scuttle the plan.

examples

• A crab scuttled across the sand. tree →
• The mice scuttled into the hole. tree →
• The children scuttled off when the bell rang. tree →
• The captain scuttled the ship. tree →
• Bad weather scuttled our plans. tree →
• Grandma kept a coal scuttle by the fire. tree →

note

Regular verb: scuttled. Similar: scurry, scamper. Not the same as «shuttle».

In the corpora

• Kun?» «Payah kun,» says the Magician, laughing, and the tiny crab scuttles away.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «scuttle» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.