abrade

verb

🔊/əˈbreɪd/

(specialist)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they abrade	🔊/əˈbreɪd/ 🔊/əˈbreɪd/
he / she / it abrades	🔊/əˈbreɪdz/ 🔊/əˈbreɪdz/
past simple abraded	🔊/əˈbreɪdɪd/ 🔊/əˈbreɪdɪd/
past participle abraded	🔊/əˈbreɪdɪd/ 🔊/əˈbreɪdɪd/
-ing form abrading	🔊/əˈbreɪdɪŋ/ 🔊/əˈbreɪdɪŋ/

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abrade something to rub the surface of something, such as rock or skin, and damage it or make it rough磨损（岩石等）；擦伤（皮肤等）
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from Latin abradere, from ab- ‘away, from’ + radere ‘to scrape’.