Abrade Definition

ə-brād

abraded, abrades, abrading

verb

abraded, abrades, abrading

To wear down, rub away, or scrape by friction.

Water that abraded the canyon walls.

American Heritage

To scrape or rub off; wear away by scraping or rubbing.

Webster's New World

To become worn or scraped by abrasion.

Some leather abrades easily.

American Heritage

The definition of abrade means to wear away the surface of something or make something rougher, often by using friction.

An example of abrade is the erosion of rocks on a coast line from water continually beating on them.

YourDictionary

To rub or wear off; erode. [First attested in the late 17^th century.]

Wiktionary

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Origin of Abrade

Latin abrādere to scrape off ab- away ab–¹ rādere to scrape rēd- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Latin abrādō, from ab (“from, away from”) + rādō (“scrape”).

From Wiktionary
From Old English abraiden.

From Wiktionary
First attested in 1677.

From Wiktionary

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