abrade

tr.v., a·brad·ed, a·brad·ing, a·brades.

1. To wear down or rub away by friction; erode. See synonyms at chafe.
2. To make weary through constant irritation; wear down spiritually.

[Latin abrādere, to scrape off : ab-, away; see ab-¹ + rādere, to scrape.]

abradable a·brad'a·ble adj.

verb

To make (the skin) raw by or as if by friction: chafe, excoriate, fret, gall, irritate. See help/harm/harmless.

(əbrād)
v

To wear away by friction.

To wear away or scrape off a surface, especially by friction.

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IN BRIEF: To wear away the surface or some part of it by friction.

Using your brakes repeatedly will over time abrade them.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - slide af, slibe bort, give hudafskrabning

Nederlands (Dutch)
schaven, (af)slijten

Français (French)
v. tr. - raboter, érafler, écorcher, (Géol) éroder

Deutsch (German)
v. - abschleifen, schädigen, aufreiben

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - λειαίνω

Italiano (Italian)
scorticare, logorare, piallare, raschiare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - irritar, sofrer erosão (por fricção)

Русский (Russian)
стирать, снашивать, обдирать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - raer, gastar, escariar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - skava av, skada

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
擦掉, 磨损, 擦伤

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 擦掉, 磨損, 擦傷

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 벗기다, 닳아 없애다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - すりはがす, すり切らす, 擦り減る

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يبري, يكشط‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮גירד, שרט, שיפשף‬

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