abrade

American  

[uh-breyd] / əˈbreɪd /

verb (used with or without object)

abraded, abrading

1. to wear off or down by scraping or rubbing.

2. to scrape off.

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abrade British  

/ əˈbreɪd /

verb

1. (tr) to scrape away or wear down by friction; erode

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Other Word Forms

• abradable adjective
• abradant noun
• abrader noun
• unabraded adjective

Etymology

Origin of abrade

1670–80; < Latin abrādere, equivalent to ab- ab- + rādere to scrape

Example Sentences

Perforated and abraded, the artwork has not been on display since its 1941 acquisition.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

Its nine stories concern the complicated Bengali families in India and America, and Lahiri’s elegant, observant prose is constantly alert to the ways that lore and folkways shape or abrade relationships.

From Los Angeles Times

They abraded the rocks, revealing fresh surfaces that contain distinct rounded carbonate grains, a sign of settling in a lakefront.

From Science Magazine

In other words, they investigated questions such as: What happens when these materials are abraded or burnt?

From Science Daily