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raapia — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • card noun A small, flat piece of stiff paper or plastic, used for games, messages, payments, or identification.
  • claw noun A sharp, curved nail on the toe of an animal, bird, or reptile.
  • rake noun A garden tool with a row of teeth on a long handle, used to gather leaves or debris or to smooth soil.
  • scrabble verb To scratch or grope about hurriedly with the hands, especially in search of something.
  • scrape verb To drag something rough or sharp across a surface, often removing a layer or leaving a mark.
  • scratch verb To rub or drag nails, claws, or a sharp point across a surface, especially to relieve an itch or leave a mark.
  • skin noun The layer of tissue that covers and protects the body of an animal, including a person.

Senses

raapia is used for these senses in English:

  • card To scrape or tear someone’s flesh using a metal comb, as a form of torture.
  • rake (ambitransitive, figurative) To claw at; to scrape, to scratch; followed by away: to erase, to obliterate.
  • scrabble (intransitive) To scrape or scratch powerfully with hands or claws.
  • scrape (transitive) To injure or damage by rubbing across a surface.
  • scratch To rub a surface with a sharp object, especially by a living creature to remove itching with nails, claws, etc.
  • scratch To mark a surface with a sharp object, thereby leaving a scratch (noun).
  • scratch To dig or scrape (a person's skin) with claws or fingernails in self-defense or with the intention to injure.
  • skin (transitive) To injure the skin of.

card — full definition

  1. noun A small, flat piece of stiff paper or plastic, used for games, messages, payments, or identification.
  2. verb To check someone's identification to confirm their age.

claw — full definition

  1. noun A sharp, curved nail on the toe of an animal, bird, or reptile.
  2. noun A pincer of a crab, lobster, or similar creature.
  3. verb To scratch, grip, or tear at something using claws (or fingernails).
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