abrase

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English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin abrāsus, perfect passive participle of abrādō (abrade), from ab (from, away from) + rādō (scrape).

Pronunciation [edit]

  • (US) IPA: /əˈbɹeɪz/

Adjective [edit]

abrase (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Rubbed smooth or blank. [Attested only in the 17th century.][1]
    • An abrase table. - B. Jonson

Verb [edit]

abrase (third-person singular simple present abrases, present participle abrasing, simple past and past participle abrased)

  1. (transitive) To wear down; rub clean; smoothen; abrade. [First attested in the late 15th century.][1]

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References [edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 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:

French [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /a.bʁaz/

Verb [edit]

abrase

  1. first-person singular present indicative of abraser
  2. third-person singular present indicative of abraser
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of abraser
  4. first-person singular present subjunctive of abraser
  5. second-person singular imperative of abraser

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Italian [edit]

Verb [edit]

abrase

  1. third-person singular past historic of abradere

abrase f

  1. Plural of abraso

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Latin [edit]

Participle [edit]

abrāse

  1. vocative masculine singular of abrāsus

Spanish [edit]

Verb [edit]

abrase (infinitive abrasar)

  1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of abrasar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of abrasar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of abrasar.