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skrobać — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • 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.
  • scrawl noun Irregular, poor handwriting; especially, such writing that is illegible.

Senses

skrobać is used for these senses in English:

  • scrape (ambitransitive) To draw (an object, especially a sharp or angular one), along (something) while exerting pressure.
  • scratch To rub a surface with a sharp object, especially by a living creature to remove itching with nails, claws, etc.
  • scrawl (intransitive) To write in an irregular or illegible manner.

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.

scratch — full definition

  1. verb To rub or drag nails, claws, or a sharp point across a surface, especially to relieve an itch or leave a mark.
  2. noun A mark, cut, or sound produced by scratching.
  3. verb To withdraw from a race or competition one had previously entered.
  4. noun Informal term for money, especially cash.

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