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   A·brade

   /əˈbrād/

   

   verb

   • 1. scrape or wear away by friction or erosion: "a landscape slowly abraded by a fine, stinging dust"

   Word Origin late 17th century: from Latin abradere, from ab- ‘away, from’ + radere ‘to scrape’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. abrader noun

   Scrabble Points: 9

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   What does abrade mean?

   • From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English a‧brade /əˈbreɪd/ verb [ intransitive, transitive] technical to rub something so hard that the surface becomes damaged → See Verb table Examples from the Corpus abrade • We are chalk and cheese; our personalities are radically different and likely to abrade each other.

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   What does abrading mean?

   • a·brad·ed , a·brad·ing , a·brades v. tr. To wear down, rub away, or scrape by friction: water that abraded the canyon walls. v. intr.

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   When was abrade first used?

   • The earliest known use of the verb abrade is in the late 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for abrade is from 1675, in the writing of Gideon Harvey, physician. abrade is a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin abrādere.

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   How do you shape an abrade?

   • • The only way to shape it is to abrade it with even harder substances. • It amazed her now how completely love could abrade those sharp edges. Origin abrade (1600-1700) Latin abradere, from ab- “away” + radere “to rub hard” abrade meaning, definition, what is abrade: to rub something so hard that the surfac...: Learn more.

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   3 days ago · abrade. (əbreɪd ) Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense abrades, present participle abrading, past tense, past participle abraded. transitive verb. To abrade something means to scrape or wear down its surface by rubbing it. [formal] My skin was abraded and very tender.

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   The meaning of ABRADE is to rub or wear away especially by friction : erode. How to use abrade in a sentence.

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   There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb abrade. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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