Kratzer — meaning in English

English meaning

• graze verb To eat growing grass, or to let animals feed on pasture.
• 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.

Senses

Kratzer is used for these senses in English:

• graze A light abrasion; a slight scratch.
• scrape A broad, shallow injury left by scraping (rather than a cut or a scratch).
• scraper An instrument with which anything is scraped.
• scratch A disruption, mark or shallow cut on a surface made by scratching.
• wad hook two spiral blades arranged something like a corkscrew and fastened to a ramrod for extracting spherical objects from the bottom of a bore-hole, particularly a bullet from the barrel of a firearm

graze — full definition

1. verb To eat growing grass, or to let animals feed on pasture.
2. verb To touch or rub something lightly while passing it, sometimes scraping the skin.
3. noun A minor scrape or scratch on the skin.

scrape — full definition

1. verb To drag something rough or sharp across a surface, often removing a layer or leaving a mark.
2. verb To just barely manage to achieve or obtain something.
3. verb To extract data automatically from a website or document not designed for easy machine reading.
4. noun A shallow injury or mark caused by rubbing against a rough surface.

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