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
A cool, Cartesian game versus an ardent, abrading one.
From New York Times ● Aug. 24, 2011
But the waves are perpetually employed in abrading and fashioning the materials already strewed over the beach.
From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Sir Charles Lyell
