Abrade

/əˈbɹeɪd/

Synonyms for "abrade" (249 found)

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Closest matches (50)

abate ablate abrase abstract annoy atomize bark bate beat blemish bloody bother bray break brecciate bug burn chafe check chip

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claw comminute confuse contriturate corrode crack craze crumb crumble crush curtail cut decrease deduct depreciate derogate detract diminish disintegrate

Verb(4 words)

abrase chafed corrade denudate

Noun(7 words)

brusa burrs butut chafes chafing chipping chips

Strong matches (75)

disorganize disparage distract disturb draineat awayerase erode excoriate exercise extract filefile awayflour fracture fragment fray frazzle fret gall

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gash gnawgnaw awaygrain granulate granulize grate graze grindgrind to powderhurt impair incise injure irk lacerate leach lessen levigate maimmake mincemeat ofmash maul mill mutilate perturb pestle

Noun(13 words)

dullingdutch schrapenerosion groovesfiles fraying frays frets fretting gnawing grinds grits gritting grugru

Verb(12 words)

erode eroded excoriated excoriates excoriating filed frayed frazzles galledgraze the kneeirritate jading

Adjective(3 words)

frazzled gallingphysical weathering surface

Related words (124)

pierce pound powder provoke pulverize puncture purify rasp raze reducereduce to powderrefine remove rend retrench rip rubrub awayrub offrub out

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ruffle run rupture savage scald scorch scotch scour scrape scratch scrub scrunch scuff shard shave shorten shred skin slash slit smash sprain squash stab stick strain subduct subtracttake awaytake fromtatter tear thinthin outtraumatize triturate vex wearwear awaywear downwear offwear outwear raggedweather weed withdraw wound wrench

Noun(31 words)

pumice pumices rasping rasps roughening roughing roughs sandsand brownsandblast sandblasting sandblasts sanders sanding sandpaper sandpapering sandpapers sands scarifying scouring

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scrabbling scrapes scrapingscratch projectsscratching scuffing scuffs stonewashswedish skrapawearingweathering process

Verb(25 words)

rasp rasped roughed roughen roughened roughensrub awayrub downrub offrubify sandblasted sanded sandpapered scarified scarifies scarify scour scoured scrape scraped

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scratched scuffedwear downwears worn

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OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

4 relation types

More general

9 entries

damagefriction damagemechanical processrubsurface alterationsurface modificationwear awaywear offwearing

More specific

5 entries

friction wearnicking rasping scuffingsurface erosion

Collocations

6 entries

abrasive actioncoating abradesfriction wearmechanical abrasionsandpaper abrasionsurface wear

Inflections

3 entries

abraded abrades abrading

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The rough pumice can abrade the skin.

Source: tatoeba (10957296)

“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.

Source: wiktionary

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