abrade
verbEtymology
From Latin abrādō (“scrape off”), from ab (“from, away from”) + rādō (“scrape”). First attested in 1677.
- learned borrowing from abrādō
Definitions
To rub or wear off
To rub or wear off; erode.
To wear down or exhaust, as a person
To wear down or exhaust, as a person; irritate.
To irritate by rubbing
To irritate by rubbing; chafe.
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To cause the surface to become more rough.
To undergo abrasion.
Obsolete spelling of abraid.
The neighborhood
Derived
abradable, abradant, abrader, abradingly, microabrade, reabrade, unabraded
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at abrade. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at abrade. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
5 hops · closes at abrade
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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