abrase

See also: abrasé and ábrase

English

Etymology

From Latin abrāsus, perfect passive participle of abrādō (“abrade”), from ab (“from, away from”) + rādō (“scrape”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /əˈbɹeɪz/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

• Rhymes: -eɪz

Adjective

abrase (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Rubbed smooth or blank. [Attested only in the 17^th century.]^[1]
   • 1600 (first performance), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Cynthias Reuels, or The Fountayne of Selfe-Loue. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC:

     An abrase table.

Verb

abrase (third-person singular simple present abrases, present participle abrasing, simple past and past participle abrased)

1. (transitive) To wear down; rub clean; smoothen; abrade. [First attested in the late 15^th century.]^[1]

Derived terms

• abrasive
• unabrased

 

References

1. Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abrase”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 7.

Anagrams

• Abares, Raabes, abaser, abears

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.bʁaz/
• Homophones: abrasent, abrases

Verb

abrase

1. inflection of abraser:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• Arabes, arabes, basera, ébrasa

Galician

Verb

abrase

1. inflection of abrasar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Italian

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

abrase

1. third-person singular past historic of abradere

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

abrase f pl

1. feminine plural of abraso

Noun

abrase f pl

1. plural of abraso

Anagrams

• basare, baserà

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /abˈraː.se/, [äbˈräːs̠ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /abˈra.se/, [äbˈräːs̬e]

Participle

abrāse

1. vocative masculine singular of abrāsus

Anagrams

• Arabes

Portuguese

Verb

abrase

1. inflection of abrasar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈbɾase/ [aˈβ̞ɾa.se]
• Rhymes: -ase
• Syllabification: a‧bra‧se

Verb

abrase

1. inflection of abrasar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative