abrade
verb (used with or without object)
to wear off or down by scraping or rubbing.
abrading
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present participleof abrade.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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It is only then, once you are still, that a now low, whipping wind, riddled with sand begins pricking and abrading your skin and collecting in the pages of your novel; it is intolerable.
From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2025
On the way up, it will scout the rocks, including abrading more patches to see rock interiors.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 7, 2022
And, beyond that, Dr. Tarly cured greyscale with more abrading than I would have liked.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 12, 2019
The new album once again features Mr. Modirzadeh and Mr. ElSaffar in the foreground, blending or abrading their timbres in ways that shrug off the Western scale.
From New York Times ● Jul. 23, 2012
Dusty plane trees rubbed raw by abrading tanks in the market square.
From Deadly Pollen by Stephen Oliver
