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

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

Wiktionary

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

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