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abrasing

abrasing is the present participle and gerund of abrase.

Meaning of abrase

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To wear down; rub clean; smoothen; abrade.

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Questions about abrasing

What is abrasing the present participle and gerund of?
Abrasing is the present participle and gerund of abrase.

Words near abrasing in the dictionary

  1. abrases
  2. abrash
  3. abrashes
  4. abrasin oil
  5. abrasin oils
  6. abrasing
  7. abrasiometer
  8. abrasiometers
  9. abrasion
  10. abrasion platform
  11. abrasion platforms

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Adapted from Wiktionary: abrasing (page history and authors); abrase (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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