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
By means of that rolled along the bottom and carried in suspension, especially the former, the stream as already stated abrades its bed.
From The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin by Wallace W. Atwood
