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51scour — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. scrub, abrade, polish, cleanse; search, range. See friction, cleanness, inquiry. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To cleanse] Syn. scrub, cleanse, rub; see clean , wash 1 , 2 . 2. [To search] Syn. seek, look …
52wear — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. last, endure; use, show, display; tire, fatigue, weary; bear, don, put on; carry, have on; waste, consume, spend; rub, chafe, fray, abrade; jibe, tack, veer, yaw. See weariness, friction. n. clothing …
53Nonaddition — (Roget s Thesaurus) Subduction < N PARAG:Nonaddition >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 subduction subduction subtraction Sgm: N 1 deduction deduction retrenchment Sgm: N 1 removal removal Sgm: N 1 ablation ablation sublation Sgm: N …
54erase — [17] Like abrade, rascal, rase and razor, erase comes ultimately from Latin rādere ‘scrape’. This formed the basis of a compound verb ērādere ‘scrape out, scrape off’ (its first element is the Latin prefix ex ‘out’). Eraser ‘rubber’ seems to be a …
55razor — [13] A razor is etymologically a ‘scraper’. The word was borrowed from Old French rasor, a derivative of raser ‘scrape, shave’ (from which English gets raze [16]). This in turn went back via Vulgar Latin *rasāre to Latin rādere ‘scrape’, source… …
56chafe — verb 1) the collar chafed his neck Syn: abrade, graze, rub against, gall, scrape, scratch; Medicine excoriate 2) material chafed by the rock Syn: wear away/down, erode, abrade, scour, scrape away …
57scrape — 1. verb 1) we scraped all the paint off the windows Syn: abrade, grate, sand, sandpaper, scour, scratch, rub, file, rasp 2) their boots scraped along the floor Syn: grate, creak …
58scratch — 1. verb 1) the paint was scratched Syn: scrape, abrade, score, scuff 2) thorns scratched her skin Syn: graze, scrape, abrade, skin, rub raw, cut, lacerate, bark …
59chafe — [v1] rub, grind against abrade, bark, corrode, damage, erode, excoriate, gall, grate, graze, hurt, impair, inflame, irritate, peel, ruffle, scrape, scratch, skin, wear; concept 215 chafe [v2] annoy abrade, anger, annoy, bother, exasperate,… …
60fret — [v1] worry, be annoyed affront, agonize, anguish, bleed, bother, brood, carp, carry a heavy load*, chafe, chagrin, distress oneself, eat one’s heart out*, fume, fuss, get into a dither*, grieve, lose sleep over*, mope*, pother*, stew, sweat it… …
