arranhar — meaning in English
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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.
- smatter verb To make (someone or something) dirty; to bespatter, to soil.
Senses
arranhar is used for these senses in English:
- graze (transitive) To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing.
- graze (transitive) To cause a slight wound to; to scratch.
- scrape (ambitransitive) To draw (an object, especially a sharp or angular one), along (something) while exerting pressure.
- scrape (transitive) To injure or damage by rubbing across a surface.
- scratch To rub the skin with rough material causing a sensation of irritation; to cause itching.
- 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.
- smatter (transitive) To speak (a language) with spotty or superficial knowledge.
graze — full definition
- verb To eat growing grass, or to let animals feed on pasture.
- verb To touch or rub something lightly while passing it, sometimes scraping the skin.
- noun A minor scrape or scratch on the skin.
scrape — full definition
- verb To drag something rough or sharp across a surface, often removing a layer or leaving a mark.
- verb To just barely manage to achieve or obtain something.
- verb To extract data automatically from a website or document not designed for easy machine reading.
- noun A shallow injury or mark caused by rubbing against a rough surface.