schaben

vt/i scrape (auch TECH.); auf Reibeisen: grate, rasp; (kratzen) scratch; (Felle) shave; Karotten schaben (putzen) scrape carrots; das Eis von der Scheibe schaben scrape the ice off the windscreen (Am. windshield)

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to scrape

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scha|ben ['ʃaːbn]

vt

to scrape; Fleisch to chop finely; Leder, Fell to shave

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1) (to rub against something sharp or rough, usually causing damage: He drove too close to the wall and scraped his car.) scrape

2) (to move along something while just touching it: The boat scraped against the landing-stage.) scrape

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scha·ben

[ˈʃa:bn̩]

vt

▪ etw \schaben to scrape sth

Bartstoppeln \schaben to scrape off stubble sep

ein Fell \schaben to shave [or spec flesh] a hide

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1.

transitives Verb

1) (schälen) scrape <carrots, potatoes, etc.>; (glätten) shave <leather, hide, etc.>; plane <wood, surface, etc.>

2) (scheuern) rub

3) (entfernen) scrape

2.

intransitives Verb scrape

an/auf etwas (Dat.) schaben — scrape against something/scrape something

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schaben v/t & v/i scrape (auch TECH); auf Reibeisen: grate, rasp; (kratzen) scratch; (Felle) shave;

Karotten schaben (putzen) scrape carrots;

das Eis von der Scheibe schaben scrape the ice off the windscreen (US windshield)

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1.

transitives Verb

1) (schälen) scrape <carrots, potatoes, etc.>; (glätten) shave <leather, hide, etc.>; plane <wood, surface, etc.>

2) (scheuern) rub

3) (entfernen) scrape

2.

intransitives Verb scrape

an/auf etwas (Dat.) schaben — scrape against something/scrape something

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v.

to scrape v.