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abrasive
/əˈbɹeɪ.sɪv/
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What does abrasive mean?
adjective
- Producing abrasion; rough enough to wear away the outer surface.
- Being rough and coarse in manner or disposition; overly aggressive and causing irritation.
noun
- A hard inorganic substance or material consisting in powder or granule form such as sandpaper, pumice, or emery, used for cleaning, smoothing, or polishing.
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noun
- Rock fragments, sand grains, mineral particles, used by water, wind, and ice to abrade a land surface.
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/əˈbɹeɪ.sɪv/
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Branches seem to be quite as cramping and abrasive under the equator as in the temperate zones.
They look soft and yielding, but are often possessed of unexpectedly abrasive roots.
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However, the digestive system of worms grinds food using soil particles as the abrasive grit in the same way birds "chew" in their crop.