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Definition for: "abrasion" 
 14 definitions retrieved
 "Abrasion" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
v.0.48"
Abrasion \Ab*ra"sion\, n. [L. abrasio, fr. abradere. See
   {Abrade}.]
   1. The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing
      away by friction; as, the abrasion of coins.
      [1913 Webster]
   2. The substance rubbed off. --Berkeley.
      [1913 Webster]
   3. (Med.)
      (a) A superficial excoriation of skin or mucous membranes.
          --AS
      (b) Erosion of the tooth substance --AS
          [1913 Webster]

 "abrasion" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
abrasion
     n 1: an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off [syn: {scratch},
           {scrape}, {excoriation}]
     2: erosion by friction [syn: {attrition}, {corrasion}, {detrition}]
     3: the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water
        or wind or ice [syn: {grinding}, {attrition}, {detrition}]

 "abrasion" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"
102 Moby Thesaurus words for "abrasion":
   ablation, abrasive, abstraction, atomization, attrition, beating,
   blemish, break, brecciation, buffing, burn, burnishing, chafe,
   chafing, check, chip, comminution, concussion, crack, crackle,
   craze, crumbling, crushing, cut, deduction, detrition,
   disintegration, dressing, erasure, erosion, filing, flash burn,
   fracture, fragmentation, fray, frazzle, fretting, gall, galling,
   gash, granulation, granulization, grating, grazing, grinding, hurt,
   incision, injury, laceration, lesion, levigation, limation,
   mashing, mortal wound, mutilation, polishing, pounding, powdering,
   puncture, purification, rasping, refinement, removal, rent, rip,
   rubbing away, run, rupture, sandblasting, sanding, scald, scorch,
   scouring, scrape, scraping, scratch, scratching, scrub, scrubbing,
   scuff, second-degree burn, shining, shredding, slash, smashing,
   smoothing, sore, stab, stab wound, subduction, sublation,
   subtraction, taking away, tear, third-degree burn, trauma,
   trituration, wear, wearing away, wound, wounds immedicable,
   wrench



 "abrasion" eng-ara "English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary"
Abrasion
الجرح


 "abrasion" eng-cro "English-Croatian Freedict Dictionary"
abrasion
abrazija, izoštrenost, ogrebotina, trenje, trošenje stijena, zguljivanje


 "abrasion" eng-cze "English-Czech fdicts/FreeDict Dictionary"
abrasion
[eko.] abraze
         Entry edited by: RNDr. Pavel Piskač


 "abrasion" eng-cze "English-Czech fdicts/FreeDict Dictionary"
abrasion 
[tech.] otěr


 "abrasion" eng-cze "English-Czech fdicts/FreeDict Dictionary"
abrasion 
odřenina


 "abrasion" eng-cze "English-Czech fdicts/FreeDict Dictionary"
abrasion 
oděrka


 "abrasion" eng-cze "English-Czech fdicts/FreeDict Dictionary"
abrasion 
obrušování


 "abrasion" eng-deu "English-German Freedict dictionary"
abrasion [əbreiʒn]
     Abnützung, Abreibung

 "abrasion" eng-hin "English-Hindi Freedict Dictionary"
abrasion 
1. रगड़
     "The area with abrasion has become red."


 "abrasion" eng-hun "English-Hungarian Freedict Dictionary"
abrasion
kopás
morzsolódás


 "abrasion" eng-tur "English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary"
abrasion
1. aşınma yenme, yıpranma
2. aşınmış veya aşındırılmış kısım  yahut ondan kopan
parçalar.