Abrasion

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The process of wearing down or rubbing away by means of friction.
  • n. A scraped or worn area.
  • n. A scraped area on the skin or on a mucous membrane, resulting from injury or irritation.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The wearing away of the surface of the tooth by chewing.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction.
  • n. The substance rubbed off.
  • n. A superficial excoriation, with loss of substance under the form of small shreds.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of abrading; the act of wearing or rubbing off or away by friction or attrition.
  • n. The result of rubbing or abrading; an abraded spot or place: applied chiefly to a fretting or excoriation of the skin by which the underlying tissues are exposed. In pathology, a superficial excoriation of the mucous membrane of the intestines, accompanied by loss of substance in the form of small shreds. The substance worn away by abrading or attrition.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
  • n. erosion by friction
  • n. the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    erosion    eating away    wearing    wearing away    eroding    friction    rubbing   
    Cross Reference
    scrape    contusion    laceration   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    rubbing    rub    wearing    weary    fret    graze    injury   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Asian    Caucasian    Malaysian    caucasian    equation    evasion    invasion    occasion    persuasion    suasion   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    laceration    attrition    sprain    concussion    welt    dislocations    discoloration    bruise    erosion    blemish