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abrasive

adj
/əˈbɹeɪ.sɪv/US

Etymology

From Medieval Latin abrāsīvus

  1. borrowed from abrāsīvus

Definitions

  1. Producing abrasion

    Producing abrasion; rough enough to wear away the outer surface.

  2. Being rough and coarse in manner or disposition

    Being rough and coarse in manner or disposition; overly aggressive and causing irritation.

    • An abrasive person can grate on one's sensibilities.
    • Despite her proper upbringing, we found her manners to be terribly abrasive.

  3. A hard inorganic substance or material consisting in powder or granule form such as…

    A hard inorganic substance or material consisting in powder or granule form such as sandpaper, pumice, or emery, used for cleaning, smoothing, or polishing.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Rock fragments, sand grains, mineral particles, used by water, wind, and ice to abrade a…

      Rock fragments, sand grains, mineral particles, used by water, wind, and ice to abrade a land surface.

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Derived

abrasive blasting, abrasive disc, abrasively, abrasiveness, abrasive paper, airbrasive, dermabrasive, microabrasive, nonabrasive, non-abrasive, unabrasive

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at abrasive. 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.

01abrasive02away03aside04symmetry05elements06wear07erode08abrasion09abrasiveness

A definitional loop anchored at abrasive. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at abrasive

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA