abrade
Erode by friction
To abrade is to scrape or wear away a surface through friction.
Skin abrades against rough pavement; rocks abrade in tumbling water.
The action produces abrasion—both the process and the resulting wound.
Abrade extends to anything that wears down through persistent contact: Years of criticism had abraded her confidence.
Gradual wearing away
- weatheringAtmospheric breakdown of materials
- sedimentParticles settling in liquid
- degradationDecline in condition
- corrosionChemical wearing away
attrition · deterioration · decay · canyon · gully · ravine · cliff · delta
Superficial wound or mark
- scoreNumerical standing in competition
- gougeConcave carving blade
- grazeFeed on growing plants
- raspCoarse shaping tool
shave · skive · pare · scarify · scuff · etch · incise · strip
Determination or abrasive particles
- emeryGranular polishing mineral
- sandpaperAbrasive-coated finishing material
- grinderCrushing or sharpening device
- fileStored collection of data
lapping · whetstone · grindstone · carborundum · corundum · aluminum oxide · gritty · coarse
erosion
Gradual wearing away
- weatheringAtmospheric breakdown of materials
- sedimentParticles settling in liquid
- degradationDecline in condition
corrosion · attrition · deterioration · decay · canyon · gully · ravine · cliff · delta · alluvial
scratch
Superficial wound or mark
rasp · shave · skive · pare · scarify · scuff · etch · incise · strip · exfoliate
grit
Determination or abrasive particles
- emeryGranular polishing mineral
- sandpaperAbrasive-coated finishing material
- grinderCrushing or sharpening device
file · lapping · whetstone · grindstone · carborundum · corundum · aluminum oxide · gritty · coarse · rough
chafing
Irritation from friction
- rubbingApplying pressure while moving
- frictionalRelating to resistance between surfaces
- blisterFluid-filled skin swelling
callus · soreness · irritation · rasping · fretting · galling · rub · heat · surface · texture
buff
Avid fan; also burnish
polishing · refine · hone · lap · mirror finish · sanding · deburr · chamfer · smoothing · rubbing compound
- removeremove, peel, strip, scrape, take off
- rubsback rub, belly rub, foot rub, rub down, shoulder rub
- geology verbsdeposit, subduct, uplift, fault, fold
- sharpeningsharpening, sharpen, honing, whet, stropping
- surface worksmooth, roughen, polish, buff, sand
- deterioratedecay, rot, deteriorate, decompose, crumble
- skin abrasion
- abrasive textureHarsh, scratchy surface quality
- abrasive padsRough material for cleaning
- abrasive surfaceRough plane for grinding
abrasive, abrasion, abrasiveness, abrading, abrasively, abraded, abrades, abraders