The rough pumice can abrade the skin.
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Abrade
//əˈbɹeɪd//
Synonyms for "abrade" (162 found)
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Translations
51 translations across 19 languages.
Arabic
4 entries- قَشَط verb (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction)
- قَشَطَ verb (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction)
- كَشَط verb (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction)
- كَشَطَ verb (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction)
Bulgarian
4 entries- износвам verb (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction)
- износвам verb (figurative: to wear down)
- изтривам verb (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction)
- изтърквам verb (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction)
Czech
2 entries- obrousit verb (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction)
- odřít verb (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction)
Danish
1 entries- afskrabe verb (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction)
Dutch
4 entries- afmatten uitputten verb (figurative: to wear down)
- afschuren verb (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction)
- schuren verb (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction)
- uitschuren verb (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction)
Finnish
1 entries- hiertää verb (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction)
French
1 entries- abraser verb (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction)
German
2 entries- abschleifen verb (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction)
- abschürfen verb (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction)
Ingrian
1 entries- heertää verb (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction)
Latin
1 entries- abrādō verb (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction)
Māori
4 entries- kauhoro verb (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction)
- kauoro verb (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction)
- kauoroi verb (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction)
- okoi verb (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- avskrape verb (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction)
- skure verb (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction)
- slipe verb (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- skure verb (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction)
- slipe verb (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction)
Polish
1 entries- abradować verb (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction)
Portuguese
1 entries- desgastar verb (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction)
Romanian
1 entries- abraza verb (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction)
Russian
4 entries- истере́ть verb (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction)
- истира́ть verb (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction)
- обдира́ть verb (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction)
- ободра́ть verb (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction)
Spanish
4 entries- desgastar verb (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction)
- escoriar verb (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction)
- legrar verb (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction)
- raer verb (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction)
Swedish
1 entries- nöta verb (transitive: to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
“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.
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