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    ABRASE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they abrase  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it abrases  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: abrased  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: abrased  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: abrasing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Wear awayplay

    Synonyms:

    abrade; abrase; corrade; rub down; rub off

    Classified under:

    Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

    Hypernyms (to "abrase" is one way to...):

    wear away; wear off (diminish, as by friction)

    Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "abrase"):

    chafe; excoriate (tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading)

    rasp (scrape with a rasp)

    Sentence frame:

    Something ----s something

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