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Abrade   Listen
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Abrade  v. t.  Same as Abraid. (Obs.)






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Abrade" Quotes from Famous Books



... active agent of destruction, but it works over again the materials it pulls down or wears away, and builds them up anew in other forms. As soon as an ocean washed over the consolidated crust of the globe, it would begin to abrade the surfaces upon which it moved, gradually loosening and detaching materials, to deposit them again as sand or mud or pebbles at its bottom in successive layers, one above another. Thus, in analyzing the crust of the globe, we find at once two kinds of rocks, the respective work ...
— Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) - Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky • Various



Words linked to "Abrade" :   excoriate, rub down, corrade, abrasive, rub off, abradant, abrase, rub, wear off, abrader



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