Defenition of the word abrade

• Defenition of the word abrade

  • To wear down by friction. (V.t.; Re. Geology; Source: IPDF);
  • wear away
  • scour a surface
  • strike against an object, as of one's toe or foot
  • strike against an object; "She stubbed her one''s toe in the dark and now it''s broken"
  • rub hard or scrub; "scour the counter tops"
  • rub hard or scrub

Synonyms for the word abrade

• • abrase
  • chafe
  • corrade
  • graze
  • grind
  • grind down
  • roughen
  • rub down
  • rub off
  • scour
  • scrape
  • skin
  • stub

Similar words in the abrade

• • abrade
  • abraded
  • abrades

Hyponyms for the word abrade

• • chafe
  • excoriate
  • rasp

Hypernyms for the word abrade

• • injure
  • rub
  • wear away
  • wear off
  • wound

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