Abrade meaning

ə-brād

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

verb

To irritate by rubbing; chafe. [First attested in the mid 18^th century.]

verb

To cause the surface to become more rough.

verb

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.

verb

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

Water that abraded the canyon walls.

verb

To become worn or scraped by abrasion.

Some leather abrades easily.

verb

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

verb

To wear down or exhaust, as a person; irritate. [First attested in the mid 18^th century.]

verb

(intransitive) To undergo abrasion.

verb

Obsolete spelling of abraid.

verb

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