ABRASION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice

Synonyms:

abrasion; attrition; detrition; grinding

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("abrasion" is a kind of...):

friction; rubbing (the resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another)

Derivation:

abrade (wear away)

Meaning:

Erosion by friction

Synonyms:

abrasion; attrition; corrasion; detrition

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("abrasion" is a kind of...):

eating away; eroding; erosion; wearing; wearing away ((geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it))

Derivation:

abrade (wear away)

Meaning:

An abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off

Synonyms:

abrasion; excoriation; scrape; scratch

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("abrasion" is a kind of...):

lesion; wound (an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "abrasion"):

graze (a superficial abrasion)

rope burn (abrasion (usually on the hands) caused by friction from a rope)

Derivation:

abrade (wear away)