Through my reading adventures I come across words that I see often but never look up. Sometimes you think you know what a word means but do you really?
Abrade-Abraded, Abrading
Definition
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1a : to rub or wear away especially by friction : erodeb : to irritate or roughen by rubbing
Examples of abrade in a sentence
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ropes abraded by the rocks were a huge danger to the climbers
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the prisoner’s manacles abraded his wrists and ankles until they bled
Origin and Etymology of abrade
Latin abradere to scrape off, from ab- + radere to scrape — more at rodent
First Known Use
Circa 1675
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This a word with deep meaning to me.💗
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[…] rough week provides the inspiration to make use of Ronovan’s Word of the Week: abrade – to rub or wear away especially by friction; to wear down in […]
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