abrade

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To rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction; to damage or make rough; as, to abrade rocks
Obsolete spelling of abraid
to wear away the surface or some part of by friction
{v} to rub or scrape off, to grate
wear away
strike against an object; "She stubbed her one's toe in the dark and now it's broken"
rub hard or scrub; "scour the counter tops"
To roughen a mesh surface, yielding what is termed "tooth "
To wear away or erode such as with sandpaper or emery board
to dull a platform edge so as to strengthen it in preparation for billet or pressure flaking Go here to read an article that contains information on abrading The piece of grinding wheel or stone that is used for abrading is called an "abrader "
graje, fwote (to rub), kòche
- to grind a rock surface by the friction of rock particles carried by water
To rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction; as, to abrade rocks
To abrade something means to scrape or wear down its surface by rubbing it. My skin was abraded and very tender. to rub something so hard that the surface becomes damaged (abradere, from ab- + radere )
transitive, obsolete spelling of abraid
Same as Abraid
{f} wear off; wear down by rubbing or scraping; rub against an object; strike against an object
abradable
That which may be abraded

The part had an abradable coating the removal of which signified that replacement was necessary.

To abrade
abrase
abradable
{s} capable of being worn down by rubbing
abraded
{s} scraped, having the skin scraped off
abraded
past of abrade
abraded
having the skin scraped off; "skinned knees and scraped elbows"
abraded
having the skin scraped off; "skinned knees and scraped elbows
abrader
a tool or machine used for wearing down or smoothing or polishing
abrader
Something that abrades
abrader
{i} something which wears down a surface by rubbing or scraping
abrades
third-person singular of abrade
abrading
{i} wearing off or down by scraping; erosion
abrading
present participle of abrade
abrade
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