abraded
Worn by friction
Abraded is the past tense and past participle of abrade, meaning worn away or rubbed raw through friction.
Skin becomes abraded from scraping against rough surfaces: Her knees were abraded from the fall.
The term extends to any gradual wearing down: Wind and sand had abraded the rock face over centuries.
Unraveled at edges
- threadbareWorn until transparent
- tatteredRipped and worn out
- raggedWorn to shreds
- shabbyWorn and neglected
weathered · faded · battered · rubbed · chafed · eroded · smoothed · polished
Surface scrape or scratch
- scoreNumerical standing in competition
- gougeConcave carving blade
- grazeFeed on growing plants
- nickShallow surface cut
scrape · mark · groove · furrow · scratch · scar · streak · laceration
frayed
Unraveled at edges
- threadbareWorn until transparent
- tatteredRipped and worn out
- raggedWorn to shreds
shabby · weathered · faded · battered · rubbed · chafed · eroded · smoothed · polished · thinned
scuff
Surface scrape or scratch
nick · scrape · mark · groove · furrow · scratch · scar · streak · laceration · lesion
coarse
Rough in texture
jagged · bumpy · grainy · pitted · ridged · harsh · raw · roughened · sandpapered · scoured
erosion
Gradual wearing away
- weatheringAtmospheric breakdown of materials
- corrosionChemical wearing away
- scouringVigorous abrasive cleaning
degradation · sediment · gully · canyon · ravine · cliff · delta · glacier · river · wind
- worn downeroded, weathered, worn thin, wind worn, ground down
- conditionsmedical condition, weather conditions, environmental conditions, living conditions, working conditions
- fabric finishesmatte finish, brushed, dull finish, calendered, flat finish
- woundswound, wounded, bullet wound, wounds, ulcer