From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
abrade
v 1: wear away [syn: corrade, abrase, rub down, rub off]
2: rub hard or scrub; "scour the counter tops" [syn: scour]
3: strike against an object; "She stubbed her one's toe in the
dark and now it's broken" [syn: stub, scrape, skin]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Abrade \A*brade"\, v. t.
Same as Abraid. [Obs.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Abrade \Ab*rade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Abraded; p. pr. & vb.
n. Abrading.] [L. abradere, abrasum, to scrape off; ab +
radere to scrape. See Rase, Raze.]
To rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction; as, to
abrade rocks. --Lyell.
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