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scrimp

[skrɪmp] брит. / амер.

гл.

  1. экономить

  2. жадничать; скупиться (на что-л.)

Examples from texts

"We're getting dead, trapped in here, nothing but work, and want, scrimping oxygen and eating scraps, and hurting, and never having any of the good things
– Мы заканчиваемся, наша жизнь заканчивается. Мы здесь как в ловушке. У нас ничего, кроме работы. Мы экономим кислород, жрем гадость и болеем... Отпусти нас отсюда, отпусти.
Duane, Diane / Spock's WorldДуэйн, Диана / Мир Спока
Мир Спока
Дуэйн, Диана
Spock's World
Duane, Diane
© 1988 Paramount Pictures

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skrɪmpVerbэкономитьExamples

Scrimping on safety measures can be a false economy. — Экономия на технике безопасности может оказаться ложной экономией.
They scrimped and saved for years to buy a house. — Долгие годы они экономили и откладывали деньги на покупку дома.

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Word forms

scrimp

verb
Basic forms
Pastscrimped
Imperativescrimp
Present Participle (Participle I)scrimping
Past Participle (Participle II)scrimped
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I scrimpwe scrimp
you scrimpyou scrimp
he/she/it scrimpsthey scrimp
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am scrimpingwe are scrimping
you are scrimpingyou are scrimping
he/she/it is scrimpingthey are scrimping
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have scrimpedwe have scrimped
you have scrimpedyou have scrimped
he/she/it has scrimpedthey have scrimped
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been scrimpingwe have been scrimping
you have been scrimpingyou have been scrimping
he/she/it has been scrimpingthey have been scrimping
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I scrimpedwe scrimped
you scrimpedyou scrimped
he/she/it scrimpedthey scrimped
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was scrimpingwe were scrimping
you were scrimpingyou were scrimping
he/she/it was scrimpingthey were scrimping
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had scrimpedwe had scrimped
you had scrimpedyou had scrimped
he/she/it had scrimpedthey had scrimped
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been scrimpingwe had been scrimping
you had been scrimpingyou had been scrimping
he/she/it had been scrimpingthey had been scrimping
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will scrimpwe shall/will scrimp
you will scrimpyou will scrimp
he/she/it will scrimpthey will scrimp
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be scrimpingwe shall/will be scrimping
you will be scrimpingyou will be scrimping
he/she/it will be scrimpingthey will be scrimping
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have scrimpedwe shall/will have scrimped
you will have scrimpedyou will have scrimped
he/she/it will have scrimpedthey will have scrimped
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been scrimpingwe shall/will have been scrimping
you will have been scrimpingyou will have been scrimping
he/she/it will have been scrimpingthey will have been scrimping
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would scrimpwe should/would scrimp
you would scrimpyou would scrimp
he/she/it would scrimpthey would scrimp
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be scrimpingwe should/would be scrimping
you would be scrimpingyou would be scrimping
he/she/it would be scrimpingthey would be scrimping
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have scrimpedwe should/would have scrimped
you would have scrimpedyou would have scrimped
he/she/it would have scrimpedthey would have scrimped
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been scrimpingwe should/would have been scrimping
you would have been scrimpingyou would have been scrimping
he/she/it would have been scrimpingthey would have been scrimping
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am scrimpedwe are scrimped
you are scrimpedyou are scrimped
he/she/it is scrimpedthey are scrimped
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being scrimpedwe are being scrimped
you are being scrimpedyou are being scrimped
he/she/it is being scrimpedthey are being scrimped
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been scrimpedwe have been scrimped
you have been scrimpedyou have been scrimped
he/she/it has been scrimpedthey have been scrimped
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was scrimpedwe were scrimped
you were scrimpedyou were scrimped
he/she/it was scrimpedthey were scrimped
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being scrimpedwe were being scrimped
you were being scrimpedyou were being scrimped
he/she/it was being scrimpedthey were being scrimped
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been scrimpedwe had been scrimped
you had been scrimpedyou had been scrimped
he/she/it had been scrimpedthey had been scrimped
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be scrimpedwe shall/will be scrimped
you will be scrimpedyou will be scrimped
he/she/it will be scrimpedthey will be scrimped
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been scrimpedwe shall/will have been scrimped
you will have been scrimpedyou will have been scrimped
he/she/it will have been scrimpedthey will have been scrimped