abrade
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
Verb [edit]
abrade (third-person singular simple present abrades, present participle abrading, simple past and past participle abraded)
- (transitive) To rub or wear off; erode. [First attested in the late 17th century.][1]
- (transitive) To wear down or exhaust, as a person; irritate. [First attested in the mid 18th century.][1]
- (transitive) To irritate by rubbing; chafe. [First attested in the mid 18th century.][1]
- (transitive) To cause the surface to become more rough.
- (intransitive) To undergo abrasion.
Translations [edit]
(transitive) to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction
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Etymology 2 [edit]
From Old English abraiden.
Verb [edit]
abrade (third-person singular simple present abrades, present participle abrading, simple past and past participle abraded)
- (transitive) Obsolete spelling of abraid.
References [edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 2003 [1933], Brown, Lesley editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, edition 5th, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7, page 7:
Italian [edit]
Verb [edit]
abrade
- third-person singular present indicative of abradere
Anagrams [edit]
Latin [edit]
Verb [edit]
abrāde
- second-person singular present active imperative of abrādō
