abrase

2 definitions found

abrase - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Abrase \Ab*rase"\, a. [L. abrasus, p. p. of abradere. See
     Abrade.]
     Rubbed smooth. [Obs.] "An abrase table." --B. Jonson.
     [1913 Webster]

abrase - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  abrase
      v 1: wear away [syn: abrade, corrade, abrase, rub down,
           rub off]