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Word: Abrade
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
late 17th century: from Latin abradere, from ab- ‘away, from’ + radere ‘to scrape’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
əˈbreɪd
Dialects: British English
Definition:
scrape or wear away by friction or erosion
Short Definition:scrape or wear away by friction or erosion
Examples:- it was a landscape slowly abraded by a fine, stinging dust
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