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    [Verb]  | "abrade" | \ ə-ˈbrād \


    1: to rub or wear away especially by friction : erode

    2: to irritate or roughen by rubbing

    3: to wear down in spirit : irritate, weary

    Origin: 1675 ;

     Borrowed from Latin abrādere "to remove by rubbing, scrape off," from ab- {see: |ab-|ab-} + rādere "to scrape" {mat|rase|};

    [Verb]  | "abrades" 


    1: to damage or diminish by continued friction;


      * e.g., " ... ropes abraded by the rocks were a huge danger to the climbers "



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    2: to make sore by continued rubbing;


      * e.g., " ... my new running shoes abraded my heels until they blistered "



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    3: to damage by rubbing against a sharp or rough surface;


      * e.g., " ... the yacht's once-flawless wooden hull had been badly abraded by years of rough dockings "



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    [Verb]  | "abrade" 


    1: to damage or diminish by continued friction;


      * e.g., " ... ropes abraded by the rocks were a huge danger to the climbers "



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    2: to make sore by continued rubbing;


      * e.g., " ... my new running shoes abraded my heels until they blistered "



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    3: to damage by rubbing against a sharp or rough surface;


      * e.g., " ... the yacht's once-flawless wooden hull had been badly abraded by years of rough dockings "



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     [ "abrade" ]

    1: To wear down or rub away by friction; erode. See Synonyms at chafe.

      * e.g.,  ... abrade jewbie is 1337  

     [ "abrade" ]

    2: To make weary through constant irritation; wear down spiritually.

      * e.g.,  ... abrade migit is short 

     [ "abraded" ]

    1: the condition of scraped away feet due to walking on sand

      * e.g.,  ... you won't let me go, neither will you show your face to me. my feet are abraded from waiting on the beach for too long. 

     [ "Abrade" ]

    1: A Chinese knife!

      * e.g.,  ... It was a landscape slowly abraded by a fine, stinging dust! 

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