abrade – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
abrade
v.
wear off; wear down by rubbing or scraping; rub against an object; strike against an object
Abrasion
Abrasion may refer to:
- Abrasion (medical), a wound consisting of superficial damage to the skin
- Abrasion (dental), the loss of tooth structure by mechanical forces from a foreign element
- Abrasion (geology), mechanical scraping of a surface by friction between moving particles
- Abrasion (mechanical), The effect of an abrasive: scratches, removal of surface, etc.
- Abrasion coast, a coastline that is characterised by the removal (abrasion) of material, typically resulting in sea cliffs
abrade
Verb
1. wear away
(synonym) corrade, abrase, rub down, rub off
(hypernym) wear away, wear off
(hyponym) chafe, excoriate
(derivation) abrasion, scratch, scrape, excoriation
2. rub hard or scrub; "scour the counter tops"
(synonym) scour
(hypernym) rub
(derivation) abrader, abradant
3. strike against an object; "She stubbed her one's toe in the dark and now it's broken"
(synonym) stub, scrape, skin
(hypernym) injure, wound
abradere
v.
abrade, wear off, wear down by rubbing or scraping
abradar
v.
abrade
