abrasion.
The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction.
Meaning & usage
The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction.
The metal surface showed signs of abrasion after years of use.
An act of abrasiveness.
The substance thus rubbed off; debris.
The effect of mechanical erosion of rock, especially a river bed, by rock fragments scratching and scraping it.
An abraded, scraped, or worn area.
A superficial wound caused by scraping; an area of skin where the cells on the surface have been scraped or worn away.
The doctor cleaned the small skin abrasion on her knee.
The wearing away of the surface of the tooth by chewing.
Where this word comes from
First attested in 1656. From French abrasion (attested since 1611), from Medieval Latin abrasio (“a scraping”), from Latin abrādō (“scrape off”). See also abrade.
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