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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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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.
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.
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 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.
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. the process of scraping or wearing down by friction. 2. a scraped area or spot; graze. 3. (Physical Geography) geography the effect of mechanical erosion of rock, esp a river bed, by rock fragments scratching and scraping it; wearing down. Compare attrition 4, corrasion.
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.
noun. abrasions. A scraping or rubbing off, as of skin. Webster's New World. A wearing away by rubbing or scraping, as of rock by wind, water, etc. Webster's New World. An abraded spot or area. Webster's New World. The process of wearing down or rubbing away by means of friction. American Heritage Medicine. A scraped or worn area.
