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ABRADE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does abrade mean?
• ABRADE (verb)
The verb ABRADE has 2 senses:
Familiarity information: ABRADE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
Past simple: abraded
Past participle: abraded
-ing form: abrading
Sense 1
Meaning:
Wear away
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
abrade; abrase; corrade; rub down; rub off
Hypernyms (to "abrade" is one way to...):
wear away; wear off (diminish, as by friction)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "abrade"):
chafe; excoriate (tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading)
rasp (scrape with a rasp)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Derivation:
abradant (a tool or machine used for wearing down or smoothing or polishing)
abradant (a substance that abrades or wears down)
abrader (a tool or machine used for wearing down or smoothing or polishing)
abrasion (the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice)
abrasion (erosion by friction)
abrasion (an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off)
abrasive (causing abrasion)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Rub hard or scrub
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
abrade; scour
Context example:
scour the counter tops
Hypernyms (to "abrade" is one way to...):
rub (move over something with pressure)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
abrader (a tool or machine used for wearing down or smoothing or polishing)
abrasive (causing abrasion)
Context examples
Abraded wound; excoriation or circumscribed removal of the superficial layers of the skin or mucous membrane.
(Abrasion, Food and Drug Administration)
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