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61grind — [n] tedious job chore, drudgery, groove*, grubwork*, hard work, labor, moil, pace, rote, routine, rut*, sweat*, task, toil, travail, treadmill*; concept 362 grind [v1] crush, pulverize abrade, atomize, attenuate, beat, bray, chop up, comminute,… …
62erase — [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 …
63razor — [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… …
64abrader — noun a tool or machine used for wearing down or smoothing or polishing • Syn: ↑abradant • Derivationally related forms: ↑abrade (for: ↑abradant), ↑abrade • Hypernyms: ↑tool …
65a|bra|sion — «uh BRAY zhuhn», noun. 1. a place scraped or worn by rubbing; an abraded spot or surface: »He had an abrasion on his heel where his shoe rubbed. 2. a wearing away by rubbing; scraping off: »the abrasion of rocks by currents of water laden with… …
66Abrase — Ab*rase , a. [L. abrasus, p. p. of abradere. See {Abrade}.] Rubbed smooth. [Obs.] An abrase table. B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] …
67Abrasion — Ab*ra sion, n. [L. abrasio, fr. abradere. See {Abrade}.] 1. The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction; as, the abrasion of coins. [1913 Webster] 2. The substance rubbed off. Berkeley. [1913 Webster] 3. (Med.) A… …
68Bark — Bark, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Barked} (?); p. pr. & vb. n. {Barking}.] 1. To strip the bark from; to peel. [1913 Webster] 2. To abrade or rub off any outer covering from; as to bark one s heel. [1913 Webster] 3. To girdle. See {Girdle}, v. t., 3.… …
69Barked — Bark Bark, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Barked} (?); p. pr. & vb. n. {Barking}.] 1. To strip the bark from; to peel. [1913 Webster] 2. To abrade or rub off any outer covering from; as to bark one s heel. [1913 Webster] 3. To girdle. See {Girdle}, v. t.,… …
70Barking — Bark Bark, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Barked} (?); p. pr. & vb. n. {Barking}.] 1. To strip the bark from; to peel. [1913 Webster] 2. To abrade or rub off any outer covering from; as to bark one s heel. [1913 Webster] 3. To girdle. See {Girdle}, v. t.,… …
