Definition
To scratch, scrape, or wear away the surface of something through friction or erosion.
Etymology
From Old French 'araser,' meaning to level or scrape. The root comes from Latin 'radere' (to scrape or scratch). The word entered Middle English from Norman French during the medieval period.
Kelly Says
The word 'arase' is so old that it mostly disappeared from common English by the 1600s, but it's still hiding in specialized contexts like stonework and technical descriptions—it's a fossil word!
Translations
CACatalà
arase
ah-rah-seh
CSČeština
arase
ah-rah-seh
DEDeutsch
arase
ah-rah-seh
ELΕλληνικά
αράσε
ah-rah-seh
ESEspañol
arase
ah-rah-seh
FRFrançais
arase
ah-rah-seh
HIहिन्दी
अरासे
ah-rah-seh
HUMagyar
arase
ah-rah-seh
IDBahasa Indonesia
arase
ah-rah-seh
ITItaliano
arase
ah-rah-seh
MSBahasa Melayu
arase
ah-rah-seh
MYမြန်မာ
အရာစေ
ah-rah-seh
NLNederlands
arase
ah-rah-seh
PLPolski
arase
ah-rah-seh
PTPortuguês
arase
ah-rah-seh
RORomână
arase
ah-rah-seh
RUРусский
арасе
ah-rah-seh
SVSvenska
arase
ah-rah-seh
SWKiswahili
arase
ah-rah-seh
TRTürkçe
arase
ah-rah-seh
UKУкраїнська
арасе
ah-rah-seh
VITiếng Việt
arase
ah-rah-seh