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ABRASE

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

 Dictionary entry overview: What does abrase mean? 

ABRASE (verb)
  The verb ABRASE has 1 sense:

1. wear awayplay

  Familiarity information: ABRASE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ABRASE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they abrase  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it abrases  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: abrased  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: abrased  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: abrasing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Wear away

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

abrade; abrase; corrade; rub down; rub off

Hypernyms (to "abrase" is one way to...):

wear away; wear off (diminish, as by friction)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "abrase"):

chafe; excoriate (tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading)

rasp (scrape with a rasp)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something


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