verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To gnaw into; to wear away obsolete
2. 2
   wear away wordnet
3. 3
   To erode through physical or mechanical (rather than chemical) means, as the bed of a stream.
4. 4
   To scrape or rake together; to accumulate laboriously. obsolete

Synonyms

All synonyms

abradeabradeabraseconsumefretrub down

Etymology

From Latin corrādō (“to scrape off, abrade”).

Related phrases

scrape togetherwear away

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