abradeEnglishOxford Dictionary of Englishabrade /əˈbreɪd / ▸ verb [with object] scrape or wear away by friction or erosion: it was a landscape slowly abraded by a fine, stinging dust. – DERIVATIVES abrader noun– ORIGIN late 17th century: from Latin abradere, from ab- ‘away, from’ + radere ‘to scrape’.
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