abrasion
/əˈbɹeɪ.ʒən/
abrasion noun: the act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction.
Noun
abrasion (countable and uncountable, plural abrasions)
- The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction.
- The metal surface showed signs of abrasion after years of use.
- An act of abrasiveness.
- The substance thus rubbed off; debris.
- The effect of mechanical erosion of rock, especially a river bed, by rock fragments scratching and scraping it.
- An abraded, scraped, or worn area.
- A superficial wound caused by scraping; an area of skin where the cells on the surface have been scraped or worn away.
- The doctor cleaned the small skin abrasion on her knee.
- The wearing away of the surface of the tooth by chewing.
abrasion meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
abrasion in Hindi
- act of abrading
- रगड़न ragṛan
abrasion in Tamil
- சிராய்ப்பு, உராய்ஞ்சற்காயம், தோற்காயம், தேய்வு, உராய்வு, தேய்த்தல்
abrasion in Urdu
- گھسائی, خراش, رگڑ
abrasion in Bengali
- ঘর্ষণ, ছড়ে যাওয়া
More languagesFewer languages
- abrasion in Malayalam
- അപഘർഷണം, കളങ്കം, ദൂഷണം, രൂക്ഷം
- abrasion in Kannada
- ತರಚಿಕೆ, ಉಜ್ಜುಗಾಯ, ಜೀರ್ಗಾಯ, ಚಿವುರ್ಗಾಯ
- abrasion in Arabic
- اِنْجِرَاف injirāf
- abrasion in Malay
- pelelasan, lelasan
- abrasion in Indonesian
- abrasi, pengampelasan, lecet, lelas
- abrasion in Thai
- การถลอก gaan-tà-lɔ̀ɔk
- abrasion in Vietnamese
- sự bào mòn, chỗ bị trầy
Examples of abrasion in a sentence
- Minor injuries such as cuts and abrasions are cleaned and bandaged on site; serious injuries require an ambulance call.
- There were rare abrasions and contusions of the chest and upper extremities.
- Beside many advantages they provide, meltblowns have limited strength characteristics and poor abrasion resistance.
Forms of abrasion
| plural | abrasions |
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Origin of abrasion
First attested in 1656. From French abrasion (attested since 1611), from Medieval Latin abrasio (“a scraping”), from Latin abrādō (“scrape off”). See also abrade.
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Questions about abrasion
- What does abrasion mean?
- Abrasion means the act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction.
- What is abrasion in Hindi?
- Abrasion in Hindi is रगड़न (ragṛan). See Abrasion meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is abrasion?
- Abrasion is a noun.
- How do you pronounce abrasion?
- Abrasion is pronounced /əˈbɹeɪ.ʒən/ (US).
- What is the plural of abrasion?
- The plural of abrasion is abrasions.
Words near abrasion in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: abrasion (page history and authors); abrasion (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); abrasion (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); abrasion (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); abrasion (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); abrasion (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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