MEANING
To scrape or rub a surface so that material is worn away.
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Words that belong together
- abrade the skin
- abrade a surface
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The rope abraded his wrists each time he struggled.
Windblown sand had abraded the exposed glass.
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Word forms
- Base
- abrade
- Past tense
- abraded
- Past participle
- abraded
- Present participle
- abrading
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- abrade
- Present continuous
- am/is/are abrading
- Present perfect
- have/has abraded
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been abrading
- Past
- abraded
- Past continuous
- was/were abrading
- Past perfect
- had abraded
- Past perfect continuous
- had been abrading
- Future
- will abrade
- Future continuous
- will be abrading
- Future perfect
- will have abraded
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been abrading
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Usage notes
Primary category: horror. Forms: abrade; abrades; abraded; abraded; abrading Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: abrades.
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