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abrasion
English
Etymology
First attested in 1656. From French abrasion (attested since 1611), from Medieval Latin abrasio (“a scraping”), from Latin abr?d? (“scrape off”). See also abrade.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /??b?e?.?n?/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
abrasion (countable and uncountable, plural abrasions)
- The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction. [First attested in the mid 17th century.]
- (obsolete) The substance thus rubbed off; debris. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]
- (geology) The effect of mechanical erosion of rock, especially a river bed, by rock fragments scratching and scraping it. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
- An abraded, scraped, or worn area. [First attested in the mid 20th century.]
- (medicine) A superficial wound caused by scraping; an area of skin where the cells on the surface have been scraped or worn away. [First attested in the mid 20th century.]
- (dentistry) The wearing away of the surface of the tooth by chewing.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:injury
Related terms
- abrade
Translations
See also
- contusion
- laceration
References
Anagrams
- Robainas, abronias, arabinos
French
Etymology
From Medieval Latin abrasio (“a scraping”).
Noun
abrasion f (plural abrasions)
- abrasion.
Further reading
- “abrasion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- abornais
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keckle
English
Verb
keckle (third-person singular simple present keckles, present participle keckling, simple past and past participle keckled)
- (nautical) To wind rope or chains around (a cable etc.) to protect its surface from friction, abrasion, or ice.
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