descarnar

v.

1 to excarnate, to clear from flesh.

2 to take away part of a thing.

Descarnar los pellejos among curriers, to scrape hides or skins with the drawing-knife

3 to remove one from earthly things.

4 to lose flesh, emaciate.

5 to destroy, undermine a spot of ground (mar). (Nautical)

6 to become uncovered (tierras, playas).

7 to prune too severely.

8 to strip the flesh from, to strip to the bone, to bare to the bone, to remove the flesh from.

9 to abrade.

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descarnar

► verbo transitivo

1 (quitar la carne) to strip the flesh from

2 (poner al descubierto) to lay bare

■ el agua descarnó las rocas de algas the sea scoured the algae from the rocks

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1. VT

1) [+ hueso] to remove the flesh from; [+ piel] to scrape the flesh from

2) (=desgastar) to eat away, corrode, wear down

2.

See:

descarnarse

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descarnar [A1 ]

vt

to remove the flesh from

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descarnar vt

1. [hueso, piel] to scrape the flesh from

2. [desmoronar] to eat away