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abrade

a·brade [ ə bráyd ] (past and past participle a·brad·ed, present participle a·brad·ing, 3rd person present singular a·brades)


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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