Meaning

5 senses

  1. (transitive)To rub or wear off; erode.

    abschleifen, abschürfen

    обдира́тьobdirátʹ, ободра́тьobodrátʹ, истира́тьistirátʹ

    wear away

  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.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. The rough pumice can abrade the skin.

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  2. Storms have abraded the outer layer of paint.

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  3. The polishing compound abrades away tiny imperfections in the surface of the metal, leaving it with a mirror finish.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

abrades, abrading, abraded, abraded
Base formabrade · to abrade
3rd person singularabrades
Present participleabrading
Past simpleabraded
Past participleabraded

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyabrade
he, she, itabrades

Past simpleLesson

all personsabraded

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave abraded
he, she, ithas abraded

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill abrade

Synonyms

6 synonyms
chafe
Close in meaning

Word family

9 related words
Relatedabrasiveabrasionabradantabrader
Derivedabradableabradinglymicroabradereabradeunabraded

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
aboveA1abracadabraabramabrasiveabreast
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