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

To wear away; SYN. corrade, abrase, rub down, rub off.
rub off; scrape; cause injury in this way.