abrasion

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction.
2. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) The substance thus rubbed off; debris.
3. (countable, uncountable) The effect of mechanical erosion of rock, especially a river bed, by rock fragments scratching and scraping it.
4. (countable, uncountable) An abraded, scraped, or worn area.
5. (countable, uncountable) A superficial wound caused by scraping; an area of skin where the cells on the surface have been scraped or worn away.
6. (countable, uncountable) The wearing away of the surface of the tooth by chewing.

Sinonieme

scratch

scrape

graze

attrition

wear

detrition

grinding

excoriation

erosion

corrasion

chafe

rubbing

friction

abrading

gall

defacement

chafing

wear and tear

wearing

abrade

abrasiveness

scraping

laceration

lap

lapping

marine erosion

milling

pestle

polish

🇵🇱

rub

rub out

scarification

score

Scotch

scouring

scuff

sting

streak

trituration

usance

use

washout

wastage

wear away

wear down

wearing out

wear-out

wornout

wound

marine abrasion

Vertalings

abrasion

Abrasion

abrasione

abrasión

abrasão

Abnutzung

escoriazione

Abrieb

Abschürfung

abrasió

écorchure

desgaste

Verschleiß

éraflure

Hautabschürfung

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/əˈbɹeɪ.ʒn̩/

Etimologie (Engels)

First attested in 1656. From French abrasion (attested since 1611), from Medieval Latin abrasio (“a scraping”), from Latin abrādō (“scrape off”). See also abrade.