This ankle abrasion is still sore.
Source: tatoeba (6587086)
Abrasion
//əˈbɹeɪ.ʒn̩//
Synonyms for "abrasion" (111 found)
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Closest matches (23)
Strong matches (33)
Related words (55)
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1 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
8 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
8 entriesTranslations
106 translations across 38 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- τρῖμμα noun (abraded, scraped, or worn area)
Arabic
1 entries- اِنْجِرَاف noun (geology: effect of mechanical erosion of rock)
Armenian
1 entries- քերվածք noun (medicine: superficial wound)
Bulgarian
4 entries- абра́зия noun (geology: effect of mechanical erosion of rock)
- изтриване noun (act of abrading)
- изтъркване noun (act of abrading)
- ожулване noun (medicine: superficial wound)
Catalan
2 entries- abrasió noun (act of abrading)
- abrasió noun (medicine: superficial wound)
Czech
1 entries- odřenina noun (medicine: superficial wound)
Dutch
4 entries- abrasie noun (substance rubbed off)
- afschuring noun (act of abrading)
- brandingserosie noun (substance rubbed off)
- schaafwond noun (medicine: superficial wound)
Esperanto
1 entries- skrapvundo noun (medicine: superficial wound)
Finnish
4 entries- hiertymä noun (medicine: superficial wound)
- hiomajäte noun (substance rubbed off)
- hiomapöly noun (substance rubbed off)
- hionta noun (act of abrading)
French
3 entries- abrasion noun (act of abrading)
- abrasion noun (geology: effect of mechanical erosion of rock)
- abrasion noun (medicine: superficial wound)
Georgian
3 entries- გაცვეთა noun (act of abrading)
- გახეხვა noun (act of abrading)
- ცვეთა noun (act of abrading)
German
4 entries- Abnutzung noun (act of abrading)
- Abrasion noun (act of abrading)
- Abrasion noun (geology: effect of mechanical erosion of rock)
- Abrasion noun (medicine: superficial wound)
Greek
4 entries- αποξύρηση noun (geology: effect of mechanical erosion of rock)
- απόξεση noun (act of abrading)
- γρατζουνιά noun (medicine: superficial wound)
- εκδορά noun (medicine: superficial wound)
Hebrew
1 entries- שְׂרִיטָה noun (medicine: superficial wound)
Hindi
1 entries- रगड़न noun (act of abrading)
Hungarian
2 entries- abrázió noun (geology: effect of mechanical erosion of rock)
- erózió noun (geology: effect of mechanical erosion of rock)
Indonesian
4 entries- abrasi noun (act of abrading)
- abrasi noun (substance rubbed off)
- abrasi noun (geology: effect of mechanical erosion of rock)
- abrasi noun (abraded, scraped, or worn area)
Irish
1 entries- scríobchaitheamh noun (geology: effect of mechanical erosion of rock)
Italian
1 entries- abrasione noun (act of abrading)
Khmer
1 entries- ការដាច់រយះ noun (medicine: superficial wound)
Latin
1 entries- abrāsiō noun (act of abrading)
Latvian
2 entries- abrāzija noun (geology: effect of mechanical erosion of rock)
- viļņgrauze noun (geology: effect of mechanical erosion of rock)
Lithuanian
1 entries- nubrozdinimas noun (medicine: superficial wound)
Macedonian
4 entries- абра́зија noun (geology: effect of mechanical erosion of rock)
- гребна́тина noun (abraded, scraped, or worn area)
- жу́лење noun (medicine: superficial wound)
- три́ење noun (act of abrading)
Malay
4 entries- lelasan noun (substance rubbed off)
- lelasan noun (geology: effect of mechanical erosion of rock)
- lelasan noun (abraded, scraped, or worn area)
- pelelasan noun (act of abrading)
Mongolian
2 entries- зулгархай noun (medicine: superficial wound)
- шалбархай noun (medicine: superficial wound)
Māori
1 entries- riwha noun (medicine: superficial wound)
Polish
2 entries- abrazja noun (geology: effect of mechanical erosion of rock)
- przetarcie noun (medicine: superficial wound)
Portuguese
4 entries- abrasamento noun (act of abrading)
- abrasão noun (act of abrading)
- abrasão noun (geology: effect of mechanical erosion of rock)
- abrasão noun (medicine: superficial wound)
Romagnol
1 entries- abrașiôn noun (act of abrading)
Romanian
3 entries- abraziune noun (act of abrading)
- abraziune noun (geology: effect of mechanical erosion of rock)
- abraziune noun (medicine: superficial wound)
Russian
4 entries- абра́зия noun (geology: effect of mechanical erosion of rock)
- истира́ние noun (act of abrading)
- сса́дина noun (medicine: superficial wound)
- тре́ние noun (act of abrading)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- abrázija noun (geology: effect of mechanical erosion of rock)
- ogrebòtina noun (abraded, scraped, or worn area)
Slovak
4 entries- abrázia noun (geology: effect of mechanical erosion of rock)
- abrázia noun (dentistry: wearing away of the surface of the tooth)
- obrusovanie noun (act of abrading)
- odieranie noun (act of abrading)
Spanish
4 entries- abrasión noun (act of abrading)
- abrasión noun (geology: effect of mechanical erosion of rock)
- abrasión noun (medicine: superficial wound)
- erosión noun (geology: effect of mechanical erosion of rock)
Swedish
1 entries- skrubbsår noun (medicine: superficial wound)
Thai
1 entries- การถลอก noun (medicine: superficial wound)
Vietnamese
2 entries- chỗ bị trầy noun (medicine: superficial wound)
- sự bào mòn noun (geology: effect of mechanical erosion of rock)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
It's just an abrasion and a bruise. Nothing's broken.
Source: tatoeba (6614336)
Ms. Trosper says Spirit's operators are extending its instrument arm to brush the Martian dust from Adirondack, get close-up images with its microscope camera, and determine the rock's mineral content with an infrared sensor. She notes that they will use an abrasion tool Tuesday to scratch below its surface before moving on to its next target.
Source: tatoeba (11202326)
The metal surface showed signs of abrasion after years of use.
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