abrase

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See also: abrasé and ábrase

English

Etymology

From Latin abrāsus, perfect passive participle of abrādō (“abrade”), from ab (“from, away from”) + rādō (“scrape”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

abrase (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Rubbed smooth or blank. [1]

Verb

abrase (third-person singular simple present abrases, present participle abrasing, simple past and past participle abrased)

  1. (transitive) To wear down; rub clean; smoothen; abrade. [1]

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abrase”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 7.

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

Verb

abrase

  1. inflection of abraser:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Galician

Verb

abrase

  1. inflection of abrasar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Italian

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

abrase

  1. third-person singular past historic of abradere

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

abrase f pl

  1. feminine plural of abraso

Noun

abrase f pl

  1. plural of abraso

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Latin

Pronunciation

Participle

abrāse

  1. vocative masculine singular of abrāsus

Anagrams

Portuguese

Verb

abrase

  1. inflection of abrasar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈbɾase/
  • Rhymes: -ase
  • Syllabification: a‧bra‧se

Verb

abrase

  1. inflection of abrasar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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