Abrade

Definitions: Abrade

Abrade

Verb

1. Wear away.

2. Scour a surface.

3. Strike against an object, as of one's toe or foot.

Date "abrade" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Metallurgy	To erode metal by rubbing or wearing, as in filing, jigging, grinding, etc. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Abrade

Synonyms: abrase (v), corrade (v), rub down (v), rub off (v), scour (v), scrape (v), skin (v), stub (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Contraction	Abrade, pare, reduce, attenuate, rub down, scrape, file, file down, grind, grind down, chip, shave, shear, wear down.
Nonaddition Subtraction	Garble, mutilate, amputate, detruncate; cut off, cut away, cut out; abscind, excise; pare, thin, prune, decimate; abrade, scrape, file; geld, castrate; eliminate.
Pulverulence	Reduce to powder, grind to powder; pulverize, comminute, granulate, triturate, levigate; scrape, file, abrade, rub down, grind, grate, rasp, pound, bray, bruise; contuse, contund; beat, crush, cranch, craunch, crunch, scranch, crumble, disintegrate; attenuate .
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Abrade

English words defined with "abrade": Abrading ♦ Eccoriate. (references)

Specialty definitions using "abrade": abrasive formation ♦ CLOTH SANDER, CRYSTAL GRINDER, CUTTER, WOODWIND REEDS ♦ sanding machine operator, SPIN-TABLE OPERATOR. (references)

Etymologies containing "abrade": Abrase, Abrasion. (references)

Play	Caption
	Squash; flatten; smoosh; smash; abrade; beat down; bowl over; compress; crush; debase; deflate; depress; even out; fell; floor; flush; grade; ground; iron out; knock down; lay; lay low; level; mow down; plane; plaster; prostrate; raze; roll; smash; smooth.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Abrade" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 77.78% of the time. "Abrade" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	77.78%	7	133,076
Lexical Verb (base form)	22.22%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	9	N/A

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Language		Translations for "abrade"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaan		afslyt (wear, wear away, wear off, wear out). (various references)

Albanian		zmeriloj, pastroj (char, clarify, clean, cleanse, clear up, defecate, depurate, deterge, eliminate, grub, gut, lustrate, pick, purge, rarefy, rectify, refine, scavenge, scour, scrub, sweep, try), kruaj (chafe, dress, dub, fret, grate, pick, scratch). (various references)

Arabic		‏كشط (abrasion, graze, grazing, robbing, rub off, scrape, scraping, scratch of, shave), ‏حك (abrasion, friction, itch, paw, polish, rasp, rub, sand, scrabble, scrape, scraping, scrubbing), ‏برى (pare, whittle). (various references)

Bulgarian		шлайфам, ожулвам (gall, rase, raw, raze, rub sore, scrape, sting), одирам (excoriate, flay, flench, flense, raw, skin, soak, tear off), полирам (brighten up, buff, burnish, face, glaze, gloss, lap, planish, polish, rumble), изстъргвам (rase, rasp, raze, scrape, scrape away), изтърквам (clean, erase, fray, outwear, rub down, scrub, wear away), излъсквам (gloss, polish up, refurbish, rub up, varnish). (various references)

Chinese		磨蚀 (Abraded, Abrading, Abrasion, Abrasive). (various references)

Czech		omlít, odřít (chafe, chip, excoriate, flay, lacerate, scrape, strip), obrousit. (various references)

Danish		afslibe, afskrabe. (various references)

Dutch		schaven (long planing, plane, planing, slicing), afschaven (plane, planing, the removal of a defined thickness of bituminous materials using a cutting blade). (various references)

Esperanto		smirgi, raboti (plane). (various references)

Faeroese		hølva (plane). (various references)

Finnish		hioa (cut, grind, rub, sand, sharpen, to hone, to sandpaper, to sharpen, to whet, whet). (various references)

French		éroder. (various references)

Frisian		skave (plane). (various references)

German		abschleifen (grind down, planing, polish, polish off, polishing, sand, stoning, the removal of a defined thickness of bituminous materials using a cutting blade, to abrade, wear away), abreiben (abrasiveness, clean off, decortication, disbarking, grate, rub, rub down, rub off, to abrade, wipe). (various references)

Greek		λειαίνω (equalize, flatten, grind, planish, sleek, slick, smooth, surface). (various references)

Hebrew		לשפשף (grate, grind, polish, rub, rubber, scrub), לשחוק (grind, pound, pulverize), ל�'ר�" (grate, itch, scrabble, scrape, scratch). (various references)

Hungarian		ledörzsöl (to abrade, to graze, to scour, to scrape, to scrape away, to scrape off), lecsiszol (to abrade, to bur, to burr, to emery, to grind a lens, to grind down a lens, to scour, to smooth). (various references)

Indonesian		garut (chafe). (various references)

Italian		Abradere (acuminate, grinding, sharpen, surface grinding, to grind tools, whet 3)grounding), raschiare (Gride, rake, rasp, scour, scrape, scrapers, scratch, smooth, streaking), erodere (erode), corrodere (burn out, corrode, eat, erode, pit, rust). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		磨り減らす (to abrade, to rub down, to wear away), �"�り剥ける (to abrade). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		すりむける (to abrade), すりへらす (to abrade, to rub down, to wear away). (various references)

Manx		screebey (abrasion, chafe, claw, dress, friction, grate, graze, itch, rasp, scrape, scrape along, scraping, scratch, scrawl, scuffle, stridulate, striking). (various references)

Pig Latin		abradeay.(various references)

Portuguese		arrancar partículas, apagar (Dele, delete, douse, efface, erase, extinguish, extinguishable, obliterate, out, put out, quench, rub out, scrape off, turn off, turn out, wipe off, zap), abradar, safar (delete, eraser, fill, wear out), raspar, safar, esfragar,desgastar, raspar (bark, blot, bream, delete, erase, fray, grate, rasp, rub, scrabble, scrape, scrape off, scratch, scuff, shave, skive, slab, smooth, strike out), esmerilhar, esfregando com abrasivo, desgastar com abrasivo, desgastar (chafe, corrode, fray, frazzle, fret, outwear, rub, wash out, waste, wear, wear down, wear off, wear out), corroer (bite, canker, corrode, erode, fret, gnaw, honeycomb, rust, waste). (various references)

Romanian		roade (canker, consume, corrode, crunch, eat, eat into, eat through, erode, fester, fray, fruitage, gall, gnaw, hollow, nibble, prey, wear), rãzui (erase, grate, grind, rasp, raze, regrate, scrape, scratch), jupui (bark, excoriate, flay, fleece, gall, graze, Harry, Peel, pill, raw, rip off, Rob, scratch, skin, soak, strip, wound), şterge (annex, annihilate, annul, blot out, bunk, cancel, clean, cop, crib, decamp, deface, delete, dim, do a bunk, dry, dull, efface, erase, expunge, filch, guy, make away, make off, mop, obliterate, pack off, pack one's traps, pop off, quit, raze, remove, scratch, shrink away, strike out, sweep, vanish, wipe), şlefui (file, furbish, grind, lap, mill, rough, smooth). (various references)

Russian		снашивать, шлифовать (file, smooth), истирать. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		nagristi (bite), izjesti (eat away), istrti, brusiti (hone). (various references)

Spanish		rozar (chafe, grate, graze, rub, skim, touch), raer, raspar, raer (chafe, fray, fret, graze, smooth, wear away), esmerilar (honing), erosionar (erode), desgastarse (wear away, wear down, wear off, wear out, wear through, weather), desgastar (fray, fret, grind down, outwear, wear, wear away, wear down, wear out, weather). (various references)

Sranan		skafu (plane). (various references)

Swedish		abradera. (various references)

Turkish		aşındırmak (attack, bite, corrode, eat, eat at, eat away, erode, fray, fray out, fret, gnaw into, wash, wash away, wash off, wear, wear off), sıyırmak (bark, brush, crease, glance off, graze, hitch, scar, scrape, shave, skim, skin, slip, slip off), bilemek (grind, hone, reset, sharpen, whet). (various references)

Ukranian		стирати (cancel, chafe, deface, delete, efface, erase, obliterate, rub out, wipe away), зношувати (chafe, fray, wear, wear down), здирати (rip off, strip), протирати (chafe, fray, wear). (various references)

Welsh		ysgraffinio (graze, scarify). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "abrade": abraded, abrader, abraders, abrades. (additional references)
	Words containing "abrade": unabraded. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Abrade" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Abada, abade, abadeh, Abadi, Abado, Abare, abead, Aberdale, ablade, abrayde, abraze, Abrdn, abred, abride, abrive, abrod, agrade, Albreda, Alrad, ambrae, Arada, Arade, Arado, arede, Azrad, Bairrada, barada, barade, Baraje, barcade, Bardai, Barrada, Daurade, emrawde, Garbade, kabaddi. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-b-d-e-r"
	-1 letter: ardeb, baaed, barde, bared, beard, bread, debar.
	-2 letters: abed, area, bade, bard, bare, bead, bear, brad, brae, bred, darb, dare, dear, drab, read.
	-3 letters: aba, arb, are, baa, bad, bar, bed, bra, dab, deb, ear, era, rad, reb, red.
	-4 letters: aa, ab, ad, ae, ar, ba, be, de, ed, er, re.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-b-d-e-r"
	+1 letter: abraded, abrader, abrades.
	+2 letters: abraders, adorable, arabized, bandager, barehead, barraged, bayadeer, bayadere, bigarade, broadaxe, daybreak, drapable, drawable, gradable, radiable, readable, readably, seaboard, tabarded, teaboard, tradable.
	+3 letters: abandoner, aberrated, abradable, abreacted, abrogated, acerbated, admirable, adsorbate, adumbrate, adverbial, awardable, balladeer, bandagers, barefaced, bargained, barnacled, barracked, barricade, baseboard, bayadeers, bayaderes, bigarades, bravadoes, broadaxes, broadleaf, carbamide, carbonade, daybreaks, draftable, drapeable, gabardine, graybeard, handlebar, headboard, sarabande, seaboards, teaboards, trabeated, tradeable, unabraded.
	+4 letters: abandoners, aboveboard, abstracted, adsorbable, adsorbates, adumbrated, adumbrates, adverbials, aerobraked, affordable, ambuscader, approbated, arabicized, arbitraged, arbitrated, backhander, balderdash, balladeers, balladries, balustrade, banderilla, bandleader, bandmaster, barbarized, bardolater, barebacked, barehanded, bareheaded, bargeboard, barrelhead, barricaded, barricades, baseboards, bastardies, bastardise, bastardize, berascaled, brachiated, breadboard, brigandage, broadscale, calibrated, candelabra, carbamides, carbonades, carbonated, carbonnade, declarable, defrayable, degradable, elaborated, eradicable, fabricated, gabardines, graybeards, handlebars, headboards, paperboard, pardonable, pasteboard, radiolabel, rebalanced, rewardable, sandbagger, sarabandes, scabbarded, skateboard, spreadable, threadbare, unreadable, upgradable.
	+5 letters: abbreviated, abecedarian, addressable, adumbrative, adverbially, ambuscaders, arabinoside, backhanders, backtracked, ballyragged, balustraded, balustrades, banderillas, bandleaders, bandmasters, bardolaters, barefacedly, bargeboards, barrelheads, barricadoed, barricadoes, bastardised, bastardises, bastardized, bastardizes, beaverboard, blackhander, brainwashed, breadbasket, breadboards, breakfasted, brigandages, broadcasted, broadcaster, candelabras, candelabrum, carbonadoed, carbonadoes, carbonnades, chambermaid, clapboarded, debarkation, decarbonate, discardable, embarcadero, embarrassed, exacerbated, gallbladder, grandbabies, haberdasher, hairbreadth, handbreadth, harebrained, irradicable, labradorite, lamebrained, leaderboard, masturbated, paddleboard, paperbacked, paperboards, pasteboards, persuadable, radiolabels, readability, rebroadcast, sandbaggers, sandblaster, skateboards, starboarded, tabernacled, upgradeable.
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