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abrade

ab·rade

US/əˈbɹeɪd/ uncommon obsolete

verb

1.
2.

rub hard or scrub

  • “scour the counter tops”
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3.

strike against an object

  • “She stubbed her one”
  • “s broken”
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Origin

From Latin abrādō (“scrape off”), from ab (“from, away from”) + rādō (“scrape”). First attested in 1677.

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