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abrase

See also: abrasé and ábrase

English edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /əˈbɹeɪz/
    • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪz

Adjective edit

abrase (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Rubbed smooth or blank. [Attested only in the 17th century.][1]

Verb edit

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. [First attested in the late 15th century.][1]

Derived terms edit

References edit

  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 edit

French edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

abrase

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

Anagrams edit

Galician edit

Verb edit

abrase

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

Italian edit

Etymology 1 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

abrase

  1. third-person singular past historic of abradere

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle edit

abrase f pl

  1. feminine plural of abraso

Noun edit

abrase f pl

  1. plural of abraso

Anagrams edit

Latin edit

Pronunciation edit

Participle edit

abrāse

  1. vocative masculine singular of abrāsus

Anagrams edit

Portuguese edit

Verb edit

abrase

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

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Verb edit

abrase

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