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Verb: abrade  u'breyd
  1. Wear away
    "The wind abraded the rock face over millennia";
    - corrade, abrase [rare], rub down, rub off
     
  2. Rub hard or scrub
    "abrade the counter tops";
    - scour

Derived forms: abrades, abrading, abraded

Type of: rub, wear away, wear off

Encyclopedia: Abrade