abrade
verb (used with or without object)
to wear off or down by scraping or rubbing.
abrades
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present tense formof abrade (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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The artist abrades the surfaces of his paintings, giving them a patina of age that contributes to their folkloric vibe and makes these images even more absorbing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026
Despite the dirt, the stains and the splitting, there’s little loss of paint — which sometimes abrades with rolling and unrolling.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 22, 2023
Time is a stream, flowing around us and through us, incising lines on faces as it abrades rocks.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 28, 2010
When tape is removed, it abrades the skin.
From Washington Post
The prompter is to the opera, what the fifth wheel is to a wagon; everything rubs, grates and abrades it, yet the whole concern turns on it.
From Physiology of The Opera by John H. Swaby
