abrase

See also: abrasé and ábrase

English

Etymology

From Latin abrāsus, perfect passive participle of abrādō (“abrade”), from ab (“from, away from”) + rādō (“scrape”).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /əˈbɹeɪz/

Adjective

abrase (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Rubbed smooth or blank. [Attested only in the 17th century.][1]
    • (Can we date this quote?), B. Jonson, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      An abrase table.

Verb

abrase (third-person singular simple present abrases, present participle abrasing, simple past and past participle abrased)

  1. (transitive) To wear down; rub clean; smoothen; abrade. [First attested in the late 15th century.][1]

References

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

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.bʁaz/

Verb

abrase

  1. first-person singular present indicative of abraser
  2. third-person singular present indicative of abraser
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of abraser
  4. first-person singular present subjunctive of abraser
  5. second-person singular imperative of abraser

Anagrams

Italian

Verb

abrase

  1. third-person singular past historic of abradere

Noun

abrase f

  1. plural of abraso

Anagrams

Latin

Participle

abrāse

  1. vocative masculine singular of abrāsus

Portuguese

Verb

abrase

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of abrasar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of abrasar
  3. third-person singular imperative of abrasar

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈbɾase/, [aˈβɾase]

Verb

abrase

  1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of abrasar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of abrasar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of abrasar.
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