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ABRASION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice
Synonyms:
abrasion; attrition; detrition; grinding
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("abrasion" is a kind of...):
friction; rubbing (the resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another)
Derivation:
abrade (wear away)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Erosion by friction
Synonyms:
abrasion; attrition; corrasion; detrition
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("abrasion" is a kind of...):
eating away; eroding; erosion; wearing; wearing away ((geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it))
Derivation:
abrade (wear away)
Sense 3
Meaning:
An abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
Synonyms:
abrasion; excoriation; scrape; scratch
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("abrasion" is a kind of...):
lesion; wound (an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "abrasion"):
graze (a superficial abrasion)
rope burn (abrasion (usually on the hands) caused by friction from a rope)
Derivation:
abrade (wear away)
