| Main Entry: | abrasion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | scraped area |
Synonyms: |
chafe, injury, scrape, scratch, scuff |
| Notes: | abrasion is the process of wearing down or rubbing away by means of friction; corrosion is the act or process of destroying a metal or alloy gradually, especially by oxidation or chemical action; erosion is any of a group of natural processes, including weathering, dissolution, abrasion, corrosion, and transportation, by which material is worn away from the earth's surface |
| Main Entry: | abrasion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | scraping or wearing down by friction |
Synonyms: |
abrading, chafing, erosion, grating, rubbing, scratching, scuffing |
| Main Entry: | attrition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wearing down or away |
Synonyms: |
abrasion, attenuation, debilitation, depreciation, disintegration, erosion, grinding, rubbing, thinning, weakening, wear |
Antonyms: |
building, strengthening |
| Main Entry: | erosion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deterioration; wearing away |
Synonyms: |
abrasion, attrition, consumption, corrosion, decrease, desedimentation, despoliation, destruction, disintegration, eating away, grinding down, spoiling, washing away, wear, wearing down |
| Notes: | abrasion is the process of wearing down or rubbing away by means of friction; corrosion is the act or process of destroying a metal or alloy gradually, especially by oxidation or chemical action; erosion is any of a group of natural processes, including weathering, dissolution, abrasion, corrosion, and transportation, by which material is worn away from the earth's surface |
Antonyms: |
building, construction, rebuilding, strengthening |
| Main Entry: | friction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rubbing |
Synonyms: |
abrasion, agitation, attrition, chafing, erosion, filing, fretting, grating, grinding, irritation, massage, rasping, resistance, scraping, soreness, traction, trituration, wearing away |
| Main Entry: | injury |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hurt, harm |
Synonyms: |
abrasion, abuse, affliction, affront, agony, bad, bite, blemish, boo-boo, bruise, burn, chop, cramp, cut, damage, deformation, detriment, discomfiture, disservice, distress, evil, fracture, gash, grievance, hemorrhage, ill, impairment, indignity, injustice, insult, laceration, lesion, libel, loss, mischief, misery, mutilation, nick, ouch, outrage, pang, ruin, scar, scratch, shock, slander, sore, sprain, stab, sting, suffering, swelling, trauma, twinge, wound, wrong |
Antonyms: |
aid, assistance, benefit, blessing, favor, good, health, help, right |
| Main Entry: | lesion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | injury, wound |
Synonyms: |
abrasion, bruise, contusion, cut, gash, laceration, scrape, scratch, sore |
| Main Entry: | rub |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stroke, massage |
Synonyms: |
abrasion, attrition, brushing, caress, friction, grinding, kneading, pat, polish, rasping, scouring, scraping, shine, smear, smoothing, stroking, swab, swipe, wear, wipe |
| Main Entry: | wear |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | use, corrosion |
Synonyms: |
abrasion, attrition, damage, depreciation, deterioration, dilapidation, diminution, disappearance, employment, erosion, friction, impairment, inroads, loss, mileage, service, usefulness, utility, waste, wear and tear |
| Concept: | Friction. |
| Category: | 1. Solid Matter |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
friction, attrition; rubbing; confrication, detrition, contrition, affriction, abrasion, arrosion, limature, frication, rub; elbow grease; rosin; massage; roughness.
-verbs
rub, scratch, scrape, scrub, slide, fray, rasp, graze, curry, scour, polish, rub out, wear down, gnaw; file, grind (reduce to powder)., set one's teeth on edge; rosin.
-adjectives
anatriptic; attrite.
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