Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
abrade . - Made clean or clear of marks by rubbing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Rubbed smooth.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb wear away
Etymologies
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Examples
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Mark Sarvas does a public service by offering us a reading list compiled by James Wood in 1994 for The Guardian, in which Wood sought to "avoid the ‘representative’, ‘important’ or ‘influential’ and chosen, instead, books which I like, which seemed to me deep and beautiful, which aerate the soul and abrase the conscience …"
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Mark Sarvas does a public service by offering us a reading list compiled by James Wood in 1994 for The Guardian, in which Wood sought to "avoid the ‘representative’, ‘important’ or ‘influential’ and chosen, instead, books which I like, which seemed to me deep and beautiful, which aerate the soul and abrase the conscience …"
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Mark Sarvas does a public service by offering us a reading list compiled by James Wood in 1994 for The Guardian, in which Wood sought to "avoid the ‘representative’, ‘important’ or ‘influential’ and chosen, instead, books which I like, which seemed to me deep and beautiful, which aerate the soul and abrase the conscience …"
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Delete or abrase the scribed mortise lines for the stiffening transoms on the side opposite the corner tenon.
Chapter 7 Rolf Becher 1993
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- Delete with wavy line or abrase by means of abrasive paper.
Chapter 4 Rolf Becher 1993
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A violent blow with a rock behind the ear stuns him and at the same time serves to abrase the skin.
The Serpent and the Rainbow Wade Davis 1985
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