abrade
v.
wear off; wear down by rubbing or scraping; rub against an object; strike against an object
abrade
Verb
1. wear away
(synonym) corrade, abrase, rub down, rub off
(hypernym) wear away, wear off
(hyponym) chafe, excoriate
(derivation) abrasion, scratch, scrape, excoriation
2. rub hard or scrub; "scour the counter tops"
(synonym) scour
(hypernym) rub
(derivation) abrader, abradant
3. strike against an object; "She stubbed her one's toe in the dark and now it's broken"
(synonym) stub, scrape, skin
(hypernym) injure, wound
abradere
v.
abrade, wear off, wear down by rubbing or scraping
abradar
v.
abrade
Abrade
(v. t.)
To rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction; as, to abrade rocks.
(v. t.)
Same as Abraid.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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