abrading

From the verb abrade: (⇒ conjugate)

abrading is: ⓘ

v pres p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

a•brade /əˈbreɪd/   v. [~ + object] , a•brad•ed, a•brad•ing. 

1. to wear off (skin) by scraping or rubbing:
   The harsh leather abraded his skin.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

a•brade  (ə brād′), v.t., v.i., a•brad•ed, a•brad•ing. 

1. to wear off or down by scraping or rubbing.
2. to scrape off.

• Latin abrādere, equivalent. to ab- ab- + rādere to scrape
• 1670–80

a•brad′a•ble, adj. 
a•brad′er, n. 

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abrade / əˈbreɪd/ verb

1. (transitive) to scrape away or wear down by friction; erode

Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin abrādere to scrape away, from ab-¹ + rādere to scrape

aˈbrader noun