Englishabrasion
Definition
- : a wearing, grinding, or rubbing away by friction
- : an abraded area of the skin or mucous membrane
Examples
- //abrasion of rocks by wind and water
- //walked away from the auto accident with only minor abrasions
First Known Use
circa 1550, in the meaning defined at sense 1aHistory and Etymology
borrowed from Medieval Latin abrāsiōn-, abrāsiō, from Latin abrādere "to scrape off" + -tiōn-, -tiō, suffix of action nouns — more at abradeabrasion
Definition
- : a wearing, grinding, or rubbing away by friction
- : an abraded area of the skin or mucous membrane
Examples
- //abrasion of rocks by wind and water
- //walked away from the auto accident with only minor abrasions
First Known Use
circa 1550, in the meaning defined at sense 1aHistory and Etymology
borrowed from Medieval Latin abrāsiōn-, abrāsiō, from Latin abrādere "to scrape off" + -tiōn-, -tiō, suffix of action nouns — more at abrade