Rub+or+abrade
21abrade — ab·rade || É™ breɪd v. wear off; wear down by rubbing or scraping; rub against an object; strike against an object …
22abrade — v. a. Wear away, wear off, rub off. See scrape …
23rub — I. v. a. 1. Abrade, scrape, chafe, grate. 2. Wipe, clean, scour. 3. Smooth. 4. Chafe, fret, gall, touch hard. 5. Spread, put, apply, smear. II. v. n. 1. Grate, chafe …
24abrade — verb (I, T) technical to rub something so hard that the surface becomes damaged …
25abrade — a•brade [[t]əˈbreɪd[/t]] v. t. v. i. a•brad•ed, a•brad•ing 1) to wear off or down by scraping or rubbing 2) to scrape or rub off • Etymology: 1670–80; < L abrādere=ab ab +rādere to scrape a•brad′a•ble, adj. a•brad′er, n …
26abrade — v.t. rub off; scrape; cause injury in this way …
27chafe — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. abrade, wear, rub; vex, anger, annoy, eat. See friction, resentment, pain, discontent. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To rub] Syn. abrade, grate, scrape, massage; see rub 1 . 2. [To annoy] Syn. irritate,… …
28excoriate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. denounce, censure; skin, pare. See condemnation, divestment. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To remove strips of skin, bark, etc.] Syn. abrade, chafe, flay; see skin . 2. [To denounce] Syn. condemn,… …
29friction — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I n. rubbing (see friction); conflict, discord. II Rubbing together Nouns 1. friction, attrition, rubbing; frication, confrication, abrasion; sanding, sandpapering, sandblasting, erosion, limation, rub,… …
30fret — [v1] worry, be annoyed affront, agonize, anguish, bleed, bother, brood, carp, carry a heavy load*, chafe, chagrin, distress oneself, eat one’s heart out*, fume, fuss, get into a dither*, grieve, lose sleep over*, mope*, pother*, stew, sweat it… …
