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abrading

verb , present participle of abrade

Synonyms and Antonyms of abrading

1 to damage or diminish by continued friction

ropes abraded by the rocks were a huge danger to the climbers

Synonyms of abrading

chafing, corrading, eroding, fraying, frazzling, fretting, galling, rasping, rubbing, wearing

Words Related to abrading

filing, gnawing, grating, grazing, grinding, nibbling, sandblasting, sandpapering, scouring, scraping, scuffing, shaving

erasing, reducing, rubbing out, wearing out, wiping (away)

biting, breaking down, breaking up, chewing, corroding, decomposing, disintegrating, dissolving, eating

honing, sharpening, whetting

2 to make sore by continued rubbing

my new running shoes abraded my heels until they blistered

Synonyms of abrading

chafing, excoriating, fretting, galling, irritating

Words Related to abrading

grazing, scraping, scratching

burning, inflaming (also enflaming)

flaying, peeling, skinning

3 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

Synonyms of abrading

grazing, scraping, scratching, scuffing

Words Related to abrading

barking, skinning

chafing, fretting, galling

clawing, cutting, lacerating

bruising, contusing

Near Antonyms of abrading

polishing, smoothing, softening, waxing

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