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( sfiorare) scrapefig ( avvicinarsi) verge onrasentare il muro hug the wall* * *rasentare v.tr.1 to graze, to skim, to miss (s.o., sthg.) by a hair's breadth, to brush past (s.o., sthg.), to skim past (s.o., sthg.), to shave: l'autobus rasentò il muro, the bus grazed the wall; l'automobile ci rasentò mentre attraversavamo la strada, the car only just missed us while we were crossing the street; il proiettile mi rasentò la testa, the bullet skimmed past my head; l'uccello rasentò la superficie del lago, the bird skimmed over the surface of the lake2 (fig.) to border on (sthg.): ciò che ha detto rasenta l'idiozia, what he said borders on the ridiculous; rasenta la quarantina, he is bordering on (o coming up to) forty; rasentare la pazzia, to border on insanity // questa azione rasenta il codice penale, this action just misses being illegal (o is just inside the law) // rasentare la galera, to escape prison by a hair's breadth.* * *[razen'tare]verbo transitivo1) (sfiorare) [vettura, autista] to shave*, to keep* close to, to hug [palo, muro]; [ uccello] to skim [ alberi]; [ proiettile] to graze [ persona]2) fig. to border on [insolenza, follia, assurdo]; to verge on [stupidità, ridicolo]* * *rasentare/razen'tare/ [1]1 (sfiorare) [vettura, autista] to shave*, to keep* close to, to hug [palo, muro]; [ uccello] to skim [ alberi]; [ proiettile] to graze [ persona]2 fig. to border on [insolenza, follia, assurdo]; to verge on [stupidità, ridicolo]; rasentare la cinquantina to be nearly fifty.
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