Main Entry: 2abrasive
Function: adjective
Date: 1875
1 : tending to abrade*
2 : causing irritation <abrasive manners>
- abra·sive·ly adverb
- abra·sive·ness noun
*Main Entry: abrade
Pronunciation: &-'brAd
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): abrad·ed; abrad·ing
Etymology: Latin abradere to scrape off, from ab- + radere to scrape
Date: 1677
transitive senses
1 a : to rub or wear away especially by friction : ERODE b : to irritate or roughen by rubbing
2 : to wear down in spirit : IRRITATE, WEARY
intransitive senses : to undergo abrasion
- abrad·able /-'brA-d&-b&l/ adjective
- abrad·er noun
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