Abrasive \Ab*ra"sive\, a.
Producing abrasion. --Ure.
[1913 Webster] Abraum
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
abrasive
adj 1: causing abrasion [syn: scratchy]
2: sharply disagreeable; rigorous; "the harsh facts of court
delays"; "an abrasive character" [syn: harsh]
n : a substance that abrades or wears down [syn: abradant, abrasive
material]
WordNet (r) 2.0
69 Moby Thesaurus words for "abrasive":
ablation, ablative, abradant, abrasion, aluminum oxide, attrition,
attritive, auto polish, buffing, burnish, burnishing, chafe,
chafing, colcothar, corundum, crocus, detrition, dressing, emery,
emery board, emery paper, erasure, erosion, erosive, file, filing,
fretting, galling, garnet, gnawing, grazing, grinding, lawn-roller,
limation, nail file, polish, polishes, polishing, pumice,
pumice stone, rasp, rasping, roller, rottenstone, rouge,
rubbing away, sandblasting, sanding, sandpaper, scouring, scrape,
scraping, scratch, scratching, scrub, scrubbing, scuff, shining,
shoe polish, silicon carbide, silver polish, sleeker, slicker,
smooth, smoother, smoothing, wax, wear, wearing away
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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