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драть

Pronunciation: [dratʲ]

“драть” is a Russian word. Its 9 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to tear, to tear up, to tear to pieces
  2. to strip off, to tear off
  3. to pull out
  4. to charge, to fleece, to rip off
  5. to kill (of wild animals)
  6. to cause a stinging/burning pain
  7. to run away, to escape, to take flight
  8. to flog, to whip
  9. to fuck, to screw, to shag

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic дра́ти (dráti), from Proto-Slavic *dьràti (“to tear, to flay”).

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