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abrade

abrade [ ə bráyd ] (3rd person present singular abrades, present participle abrading, past and past participle abraded)


transitive and intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
wear away: to wear something away or be worn away by friction

[Late 17th century. < Latin abradere< radere 'scrape']
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