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- Dictionaryabrasion/əˈbreɪʒn/
noun
- 1. the process of scraping or wearing something away: "the metal is resistant to abrasion" Similar
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the process of rubbing away the surface of something: There seems to have been some abrasion of the surface. [ C ] medical. a place where the surface of something, such as skin, has been rubbed away: She had a small abrasion on her knee. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. damage to the body. injury He was treated for minor injuries.
the process of rubbing away the surface of something: There seems to have been some abrasion of the surface. [ C ] medical. a place where the surface of something, such as skin, has been rubbed away: She had a small abrasion on her knee. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. damage to the body. injury He was treated for minor injuries.
1. a. : a wearing, grinding, or rubbing away by friction. b. : irritation. 2. : an abraded area of the skin or mucous membrane. Synonyms. bruise. graze. scrape. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of abrasion in a Sentence. abrasion of rocks by wind and water walked away from the auto accident with only minor abrasions.
noun. 1. a scraping or rubbing off, as of skin. 2. a wearing away by rubbing or scraping, as of rock by wind, water, etc. 3. an abraded spot or area.
abrasion meaning, definition, what is abrasion: an area on the surface of your skin that...: Learn more.
Definition of abrasion noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Abrasion definition: a scraped spot or area; the result of rubbing or abrading. See examples of ABRASION used in a sentence.
An abrasion is a scrape. An abrasion can happen to a person, as in a skinned knee, or to an object, as in what you get when you apply sandpaper to wood. The noun abrasion comes to us from the Latin abradere, which means “scrape away” or “shave off.”.
noun. 1. a scraped spot or area; the result of rubbing or abrading. abrasions on his leg caused by falling on the gravel. 2. the act or process of abrading. SYNONYMS 1. sore, scrape, lesion.
ABRASION meaning: 1 : an injury caused by something that rubs or scrapes against the skin; 2 : the act or process of damaging or wearing away something by rubbing, grinding, or scraping.
