abrade (verb)
1abrade — ► VERB ▪ scrape or wear away. ORIGIN Latin abradere, from radere to scrape …
2abrade — verb /əˈbreɪd,əˈbreɪd/ To rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction; to damage or make rough; as, to abrade rocks …
3abrade — verb (abraded; abrading) Etymology: Latin abradere to scrape off, from ab + radere to scrape more at rodent Date: 1677 transitive verb 1. a. to rub or wear away especially by friction ; erode …
4abrade — verb (I, T) technical to rub something so hard that the surface becomes damaged …
5abrade — UK [əˈbreɪd] / US verb [transitive] Word forms abrade : present tense I/you/we/they abrade he/she/it abrades present participle abrading past tense abraded past participle abraded formal to damage something by rubbing its surface too hard …
6abrade — [[t]əbre͟ɪd[/t]] abrades, abrading, abraded VERB To abrade something means to scrape or wear down its surface by rubbing it. [FORMAL] [V n] ...the grazed patches on her hands where the brutally rough rock has abraded the skin …
7abrade — [c]/əˈbreɪd / (say uh brayd) verb (abraded, abrading) –verb (t) 1. to scrape off. –verb (i) 2. to wear down by friction. {Latin abrādere scrape off} –abrader, noun …
8abrade — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. wear (away), grind. See friction. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. scrape, chafe, grate, rub, erode, scuff, grind, scour, wear. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To make (the skin) raw by or as if by …
9abrade — a|brade [ ə breıd ] verb transitive TECHNICAL to damage something by rubbing its surface too hard …
10abrade — [ə breɪd] verb scrape or wear away by friction or erosion. Derivatives abrader noun Origin C17: from L. abradere, from ab away, from + radere to scrape …
