abrade

1 wear away [syn: corrade, abrase, rub down, rub off]

2 rub hard or scrub; "scour the counter tops" [syn: scour]

3 strike against an object; "She stubbed her one's toe in the dark and now it's broken" [syn: stub, scrape, skin]

English

Pronunciation

• a RP /əˈbreɪd/
• a US /əˈbrejd/
• Rhymes: -eɪd

Etymology 1

17th Century, from Latin abrādere "to scrape off", which comes from ab- + rādere "to scrape".

Verb

1. To rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction; to damage or make rough; as, to abrade rocks.

Translations

• ttbc Vietnamese: làm trầy, cọ xơ ra, mài mòn

Etymology 2

From Old English abraiden

Verb

1. obsolete spelling of abraid

Italian

Verb

abrade

1. Form of Third-person singular present tense, abradere

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