abrade
verb /əˈbreɪd/
/əˈbreɪd/
(specialist)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they abrade | /əˈbreɪd/ /əˈbreɪd/ |
| he / she / it abrades | /əˈbreɪdz/ /əˈbreɪdz/ |
| past simple abraded | /əˈbreɪdɪd/ /əˈbreɪdɪd/ |
| past participle abraded | /əˈbreɪdɪd/ /əˈbreɪdɪd/ |
| -ing form abrading | /əˈbreɪdɪŋ/ /əˈbreɪdɪŋ/ |
- abrade something to rub the surface of something, such as rock or skin, and damage it or make it roughWord Originlate 17th cent.: from Latin abradere, from ab- ‘away, from’ + radere ‘to scrape’.