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Definitions for abrade
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. abrade, corrade, abrase, rub down, rub offverb

    wear away

  2. scour, abradeverb

    rub hard or scrub

    "scour the counter tops"

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To ABRADEverb

    To rub off; to wear away from the other parts; to waste by degrees.

    Etymology: Lat. abrado.

    By this means there may be a continued supply of what is successively abraded from them by decursion of waters. Matthew Hale, Origin of Mankind.

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  1. abrade

    To abrade is to wear away or scrape off a surface, typically through friction. This can refer to the process of wearing down or removing the outer layer of something, such as skin, fabric, or rock. The term can also be used metaphorically to describe a wearing down of patience or tolerance.

  2. abrade

    To abrade is to scrape or wear away by friction or erosion. This can refer to the process of removing the surface layer from something through repeated rubbing, or it can also concern the act of damaging something physically or emotionally.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Abradeverb

    to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction; as, to abrade rocks

  2. Abradeverb

    same as Abraid

  3. Etymology: [L. abradere, abrasum, to scrape off; ab + radere to scrape. See Rase, Raze.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Abrade

    ab-rād′, v.t. to scrape or rub off: to wear down by friction. [L. ab, off, radĕre, rasum, to scrape.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of abrade in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of abrade in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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