abrade
verb (used with or without object)
to wear off or down by scraping or rubbing.
have abraded
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present perfectof abrade.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Just there is a bend in the trail and the lodge-poles have abraded the tree in the angle till it is worn half through.
From Fly Fishing in Wonderland by Klahowya
In nature we always find the grafting to be inarching, or grafting by approach; two limbs or even two trees approximating closely, have abraded one another, and have afterward united their tissues most firmly together.
From American Pomology Apples by J. A. Warder
There was not even the slightest trace of sand or scraps of rock, such as time must have abraded from even the hardest surfaces, but the reason for this soon became apparent.
From Pharaoh's Broker Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner by Ellsworth Douglass
