Meaning of descarnar | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to flesh (remove the flesh)
   transitive
2. to emaciate
   transitive
3. (of terrain, etc.) to wash out (strip away the softer parts, as soil from rocks)
   transitive

Examples

“La fitora té l'inconvenient que fa malbé el peix, omplint-lo de forats i descarnant-lo, la qual cosa li dóna un aspecte desagradable i fa que hagi d'ésser venut a baix preu.”

The fish spear has the disadvantage that it damages the fish, filling it with holes and stripping flesh from it, which gives it a disagreeable appearance and forces it to be sold cheaply.

“En Joanet, en un banc rústec que basculava en el sòl de greda pura els sots del qual eren enfondits quotidianament per l'escombra de bruc de la Dolors, en tanta manera que ja arribava a descarnar els fonaments de les parets.”

Joanet, on a rough bench that swayed on a floor of pure clay, the holes in which were deepened daily by Dolors' heather broom in such a way that she ended up exposing the foundations of the walls.

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