scuttle 
1. container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire • Syn: coal scuttle • Hypernyms: container 2. an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship • Syn: hatchway, opening • Derivationally related forms: open (for: opening) • Hypernyms: entrance, entranceway, entryway, entry, entree • Hyponyms: escape hatch • Part Meronyms: hatch
to move about or proceed hurriedly (Freq. 3) - so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground • Syn: scurry, scamper, skitter • Derivationally related forms: scamper (for: scamper), scurry (for: scurry) • Hypernyms: run • Hyponyms: crab • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s PP
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