abrade

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

  • First attested in 1677.
  • From Latin abrādō (“scrape off”), from ab (“from, away from”) + rādō (“scrape”).

Verb

abrade (third-person singular simple present abrades, present participle abrading, simple past and past participle abraded)

  1. (transitive) To rub or wear off; erode. [First attested in the late 17th century.][1]
  2. (transitive) To wear down or exhaust, as a person; irritate. [First attested in the mid 18th century.][1]
  3. (transitive) To irritate by rubbing; chafe. [First attested in the mid 18th century.][1]
  4. (transitive) To cause the surface to become more rough.
  5. (intransitive) To undergo abrasion.
Translations
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Etymology 2

From Old English abraiden.

Verb

abrade (third-person singular simple present abrades, present participle abrading, simple past and past participle abraded)

  1. (transitive) Obsolete spelling of abraid

References

  1. 1 2 3 Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], →ISBN), page 7

Anagrams

Italian

Verb

abrade

  1. third-person singular present indicative of abradere

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

abrāde

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of abrādō
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