abrades

present tense third-person singular of abrade
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as in irritates
to make sore by continued rubbing my new running shoes abraded my heels until they blistered

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3
as in scrapes
to damage by rubbing against a sharp or rough surface the yacht's once-flawless wooden hull had been badly abraded by years of rough dockings

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Verb
  • When people stop looking for work, unemployment improves on paper even as productive capacity erodes in reality.
    Katica Roy, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
  • When trust erodes, so does civic life.
    Ugo Troiano, Oc Register, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • During his appearance on Josh Horowitz's Happy Sad Confused podcast alongside his The Roses costar Olivia Colman, the 49-year-old actor opened up about what irritates his family members.
    Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The news irritates Lord Lovat, knowing that if the MacKenzie brothers thought Ellen had run off with Malcom Grant, and Dougal (Sam Retford) was dumb enough to beat Malcom as a result, there has to be a moral lapse in judgment somewhere.
    Lincee Ray Published, EW.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • For a deeper dive into DeRose-Broeckert’s findings about how deer perceive scrapes and rubs, head over to NDA.
    Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Data from Revelio Labs, which scrapes professional networking sites like LinkedIn, show a gain of 60,000 jobs last month, mostly in healthcare and education.
    Danny Bakst, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The 3-foot animatronic skeleton wears purple and orange headphones, gloves and sneakers.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Leslie Mann is a cool mom who wears even cooler clothes.
    Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • What's a new purpose that scratches that itch?
    Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Reese’s fans should go straight for the Peanut Butter Cup flavor, which scratches that candy bar itch without the sugar crash.
    Emily Farris, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Conjuring the troubled inner life of a young, beautiful and successful Buenos Aires fashion designer with an uncommon mix of stylistic rigor and feeling, the film frays your nerves.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 13 Sep. 2025
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“Abrades.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abrades. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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