Was heißt »ab­schlei­fen« auf Englisch?

Das Verb »ab­schlei­fen« lässt sich wie folgt von Deutsch auf Englisch übersetzen:

  • polish
  • sharpen
  • whet
  • grind
  • rub off
  • refine

Synonyme

ab­schmir­geln:
abrade
rub off with emery
sand
ab­zie­hen:
withdraw
glät­ten:
smooth
unwrinkle
po­lie­ren:
brush
shine
schmir­geln:
emery
sand

Englische Beispielsätze

  • I have to polish my shoes.

  • This pencil is blunt. Could you sharpen it, please?

  • "Tom. So you've come after all," remarked Mary, glancing at her watch. "I'm afraid we've already polished off the soup." "Oh, that's all right, Mary," replied Tom. "I wasn't hungry anyway."

  • The cake had been polished off before I got home.

  • Tom can't help wondering whether he would've been better off if he'd gone to university.

  • That pencil is totally blunt. You should sharpen it.

  • He wanted to polish his shoes.

  • Mary bought some nail polish.

  • Could you sharpen this pencil for me?

  • Tom knows how to sharpen knives.

  • Please polish my shoes.

  • Ancient Greeks built water wheels to grind grain thousands of years ago.

  • Mary pretended to polish her nails.

  • I sharpen the knife.

  • I can't remember whether I turned off the gas or not.

  • Do you like to wear nail polish?

  • Could you sharpen my knife for me?

  • What's your favorite nail polish color?

  • The witch told the servants to sharpen the knives, make a great fire ready, and hang a large kettle full of water over it.

  • The witch told the servants to sharpen the knives, and to make a great fire ready, and hang a large kettle full of water over it.

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Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: abschleifen. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2022, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Synonyme] OpenThesaurus-User: abschleifen. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2023, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Beispielübersetzungen] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 11150636, 10910254, 10804213, 10728063, 10687270, 8910506, 7391614, 7352540, 6661313, 6437831, 6356190, 5322617, 5318464, 5018427, 4499466, 4413740, 4089998, 3961185, 3881968 & 3881957. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR