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abrade
v. wear off; wear down by rubbing or scraping; rub against an object; strike against an object


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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



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abradere
v. abrade, wear off, wear down by rubbing or scraping

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abradar
v. abrade

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Abrade
(v. t.)
To rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction; as, to abrade rocks.
  
 
(v. t.)
Same as Abraid.
  

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