Meaning

2 senses
  1. A hard inorganic substance or material consisting in powder or granule form such as sandpaper, pumice, or emery, used for cleaning, smoothing, or polishing.

    Schleifmittel

    абрази́вabrazív

    абрази́вabrazýv

  2. Rock fragments, sand grains, mineral particles, used by water, wind, and ice to abrade a land surface.

More definitions
  • a substance that abrades or wears down

Examples

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  1. Tom is abrasive.

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  2. Tom was abrasive.

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  3. Do you think I'm abrasive?

    deFindest du mich aggressiv?

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  4. He thinks that English sounds abrasive.

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  5. I can't stand being around abrasive people.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
substance used for cleaning, smoothing, or polishing:
Русский
By meaning 1
substance used for cleaning, smoothing, or polishing:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
substance used for cleaning, smoothing, or polishing:

Origin

Borrowed from Medieval Latin abrāsīvus.

Borrowed from Medieval Latin abrāsīvus.

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Forms

plural: abrasives
Singularabrasive
Pluralabrasives

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedabrasion

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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