schrappen
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verbinformal
to grate or peelvegetables) with a blade (knife, peeler
to scrape, scratch, by (inadvertently) moving along a hard surface
to grab, amass, accumulatewealth, typically bit by bit
Other ways to say it
- pellento peel (chiefly when the peel can be pulled off in strips or pieces, as with cooked potatoes, but not with raw ones); to peel, to peel off (of skin, etc.)
- raffento snatch up, grasp; to understand
- raspelnto rasp, to smooth sharp edges and corners with a rasp (esp. of metal, wood, etc.); to grate (cheese, vegetables, etc.)
- reibento rub; to chafe; to grate
- schälento peel; to pare; to husk; to skin; to peel off
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