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rozetrzeć

//rɔˈzɛ.tʂɛt͡ɕ/ | /rɔˈzɛ.tr̝ɛt͡ɕ/ | /rɔˈzɛ.tʂɛt͡ɕ/ | /rɔˈzɛ.tr̝et͡ɕ/ | /rɔˈzɛ.tʂet͡ɕ//
Polishverb

Definitions

  1. 1.
    to grate apart (to pressing on something and moving a body part or held object over it to cause it to turn into a shapeless mass)
  2. 2.
    to spread by rubbing
  3. 3.
    to rub, to give a rub (by touching and kneading some part of the body, to remove or reduce pain or numbness)
  4. 4.
    to saw apart
  5. 5.
    to annihilate, to exterminate
  6. 6.
    to be grated apart
  7. 7.
    to be spread by rubbing
  8. 8.
    to rub each other
  9. 9.
    to rub oneself
  10. 10.
    to smear (to lose one's outline due to pressure or having something run something over it)

Synonyms & related words

Synonyms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish rozetrzeć. By surface analysis, roze- + trzeć. Compare Czech rozetřít, Kashubian rozetrzéc, and Russian растере́ть (rasterétʹ).

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