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abrade en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /əˈbɹeɪd/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Latin abrādō (“scrape off”), from ab (“from, away from”) + rādō (“scrape”). First attested in 1677.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To rub or wear off; erode.
    • “Wildcat Ridge” is the name given to a rock about 3 feet (1 meter) wide that likely formed billions of years ago as mud and fine sand settled in an evaporating saltwater lake. On July 20, the rover abraded some of the surface of Wildcat Ridge so it could analyze the area with the instrument called Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman & Luminescence for Organics & Chemicals, or SHERLOC. 2022 September 15, “NASA’s Perseverance Rover Investigates Geologically Rich Mars Terrain”, in Sean Potter, editor, NASA.gov, archived from the original on 15 Sep 2022:
  2. (transitive) To wear down or exhaust, as a person; irritate.
  3. (transitive) To irritate by rubbing; chafe.
  4. (transitive) To cause the surface to become more rough.
  5. (intransitive) To undergo abrasion.

Forms

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abrades Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
abrading Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
abraded Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
abraded Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

abradingly · abradant · abradable · abrader · unabraded · reabrade · microabrade

Synonyms

chafe

Translations (57)

ru истере́ть (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction) · ru протира́ть (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction) · cs odřít (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction) · acw كَشَط (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction) · es raer (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction) · ru стере́ть (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction) · nl schuren (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction) · bg изтривам (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction) · pl denerwować (figurative: to wear down) · ar كَشَطَ (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction) · pl irytować (figurative: to wear down) · ru стира́ть (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction) · ro abraza (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction) · izh heertää (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction) · mi pākanikani (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction) · fi hiertää (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction) · es legrar (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction) · bg протривам (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction) · pl abradować (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction) · ru истира́ть (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction) · nb slipe (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction) · cs obrousit (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction) · ru ободра́ть (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction) · bg износвам (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction) · da afskrabe (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction) · bg ожулвам (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction) · es raspar (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction) · es escoriar (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction) · mi kauoroi (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction) · de abschleifen (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction) · bg изтърквам (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction) · bg износвам (figurative: to wear down) · nn slipe (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction) · ru обдира́ть (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction) · pl zirytować (figurative: to wear down) · mi weku (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction) · nl afschuren (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction) · ar قَشَطَ (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction) · nb avskrape (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction) · mi okoi (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction) · fr abraser (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction) · pl ścierać (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction) · nl afmatten uitputten (figurative: to wear down) · sv nöta (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction) · pt desgastar (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction) · acw قَشَط (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction) · es desgastar (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction) · mi kauhoro (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction) · pl zetrzeć (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction) · nn skure (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction) · la abrādō (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction) · pl zdenerwować (figurative: to wear down) · mi kauoro (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction) · nb skure (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction) · de abschürfen (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction) · nl uitschuren (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction) · ru протере́ть (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction)

wikipedia: Perseverance (rover)

abrade en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /əˈbɹeɪd/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English abraiden. See abraid.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, obsolete, transitive) Obsolete spelling of abraid.
    alt of abraid

Forms

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abraded Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
abraded Tense=Past lexicographic
abrades Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
abrading Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

wikipedia: Perseverance (rover)