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Abrade
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb Abrade has 2 senses
- abrade(v = verb.contact) abrase, corrade, rub down, rub off - wear away; Array is one way to wear away, wear off
- abrade(v = verb.contact) scour - rub hard or scrub; "scour the counter tops" is one way to rub
Derived forms noun abradant2, noun abradant1, noun abrader1, noun abrasion3, noun abrasion2, noun abrasion1, adjective abrasive1
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
Derived forms noun abrader1, adjective abrasive1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
To rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction; as, to abrade rocks. Lyell. [1913 Webster]
Abrade, v. t.
Same as Abraid. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Abrade, v.tr. scrape or wear away (skin, rock, etc.) by rubbing.
Derivative
abrader n.
Etymology
L f. radere ras- scrape
THESAURUS
Abrade
abate, ablate, abrase, abstract, atomize, bark, bate, beat, blemish, bloody, bother, bray, break, brecciate, bug, burn, chafe, check, chip, claw, comminute, confuse, contriturate, corrode, crack, craze, crumb, crumble, crush, curtail, cut, decrease, deduct, depreciate, derogate, detract, diminish, disintegrate, disorganize, disparage, distract, disturb, drain, eat away, erase, erode, excoriate, exercise, extract, file, file away, flour, fracture, fragment, fray, frazzle, fret, gall, gash, gnaw, gnaw away, grain, granulate, granulize, grate, graze, grind, grind to powder, hurt, impair, incise, injure, irk, lacerate, leach, lessen, levigate, maim, make mincemeat of, mash, maul, mill, mutilate, perturb, pestle, pierce, pound, powder, provoke, pulverize, puncture, purify, rasp, raze, reduce, reduce to powder, refine, remove, rend, retrench, rip, rub, rub away, rub off, rub out, ruffle, run, rupture, savage, scald, scorch, scotch, scour, scrape, scratch, scrub, scrunch, scuff, shard, shorten, shred, skin, slash, slit, smash, sprain, squash, stab, stick, strain, subduct, subtract, take away, take from, tatter, tear, thin, thin out, traumatize, triturate, wear, wear away, wear down, wear off, wear out, wear ragged, weather, weed, withdraw, wound, wrenchROGET THESAURUS
Abrade
Subtraction
VB subduct, subtract, deduct, deduce, bate, retrench, remove, withdraw, take from, take away, detract, garble, mutilate, amputate, detruncate, cut off, cut away, cut out, abscind, excise, pare, thin, prune, decimate, abrade, scrape, file, geld, castrate, eliminate, diminish, curtail, deprive of, weaken.Pulverulence
VB come to dust, be disintegrated, be reduced to powder reduce to powder, grind to powder, pulverize, comminute, granulate, triturate, levigate, scrape, file, abrade, rub down, grind, grate, rasp, pound, bray, bruise, contuse, contund, beat, crush, cranch, craunch, crunch, scranch, crumble, disintegrate, attenuate.
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