English-Thai Dictionary

abrade

VT ขัด  ขัดถู  scrub buff burnish kat

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ABRADE

v.t.[L. abrado, to scrape, from rado.] To rub or wear off; to waste by friction; used especially to express the action of sharp, corrosive medicines, in wearing away or removing the mucus of the membranes.

 

ABRADED

pp. Rubbed or worn off; worn; scraped.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ABRADE

Ab *rade ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Abraded; p. pr. & vb. n. Abrading. ]Etym: [L. abradere, abrasum, to scrape off; ab + radere to scrape. See Rase, Raze. ]

 

Defn: To rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction; as, to abrade rocks. Lyell.

 

ABRADE

ABRADE A *brade ", v. t.

 

Defn: Same as Abraid. [Obs. ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

abrade

a brade |əˈbrād əˈbreɪd | ▶verb [ with obj. ] scrape or wear away by friction or erosion: a landscape slowly abraded by a fine, stinging dust. DERIVATIVES a brad er noun ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from Latin abradere, from ab- ‘away, from ’ + radere ‘to scrape. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

abrade

abrade |əˈbreɪd | ▶verb [ with obj. ] scrape or wear away by friction or erosion: it was a landscape slowly abraded by a fine, stinging dust. DERIVATIVES abrader noun ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from Latin abradere, from ab- ‘away, from ’ + radere ‘to scrape ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

abrade

abrade verb the paint had been abraded by years of harsh weather: wear away, wear down, erode, scrape away, corrode, eat away at, gnaw away at.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

abrade

abrade verb the paintwork had been abraded over the years by the weather: wear away /down, wear, erode, scrape away, corrode, eat away at, gnaw away at, bite into, scour, rasp, strip, flay.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

abrade

a brade /əbréɪd /動詞 他動詞 ｟かたく ｠…をすり減らす ; 〈皮膚 〉を擦りむく ; 〈岩など 〉を侵食する ; 〈神経 〉を逆なでする .