ETYM Latin abrasio, from abradere. Related to Abrade.
1. An abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off; SYN. scratch, scrape, excoriation.
2. Erosion by friction; SYN. attrition, corrasion, detrition.
Injury caused by, or act of, rubbing or scraping.
In medicine, another term for a graze or other minor lesion where the skin surface is worn away by friction.
In earth science, the effect of corrasion, a type of erosion in which rock fragments scrape and grind away a surface. The rock fragments may be carried by rivers, wind, ice, or the sea. Striations, or grooves, on rock surfaces are common abrasions, caused by the scratching of rock debris embedded in glacier ice. + prikaži više

ETYM Cf. Dutch schoft shoulder, Goth. skuft hair of the head. Related to Scruff.
The act of scuffing (scraping or dragging the feet); SYN. scuffing.

1. Anything lost by wear or waste.
2. The process of wasting.

(Homonym: ware, where).
1. Impairment resulting from long use.
2. The act of wearing; SYN. wearing.

The loss, injury, or stress to which something is subjected by or in the course of use; especially; normal depreciation.

ETYM Latin abrasio, from abradere. Related to Abrade.
1. An abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off; SYN. scratch, scrape, excoriation.
2. Erosion by friction; SYN. attrition, corrasion, detrition.
Injury caused by, or act of, rubbing or scraping.
In medicine, another term for a graze or other minor lesion where the skin surface is worn away by friction.
In earth science, the effect of corrasion, a type of erosion in which rock fragments scrape and grind away a surface. The rock fragments may be carried by rivers, wind, ice, or the sea. Striations, or grooves, on rock surfaces are common abrasions, caused by the scratching of rock debris embedded in glacier ice. + prikaži više