Abrade

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To wear down or rub away by friction; erode. See Synonyms at chafe.
  • v. To make weary through constant irritation; wear down spiritually.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To cause the surface to become more rough.
  • v. To undergo abrasion.
  • v. Obsolete spelling of abraid.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction.
  • v. Same as abraid.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To rub or wear away; rub or scrape off; detach particles from the surface of by friction: as, glaciers abrade the rocks over which they pass; to abrade the prominences of a surface.
  • Synonyms Scratch, Chafe, etc. See scrape, transitive verb
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. rub hard or scrub
  • v. wear away
  • Verb Form
    abraded    abrades    abrading   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    rub   
    Cross Reference
    scrape   
    Variant
    abraid   
    Form
    abraded    abrading   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    rub    weary    fret    grind    grate   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts