Word of the Day for Friday, December 16, 2011
abrade \uh-BREYD\, verb:
1. To scrape off.
2. To wear off or down by scraping or rubbing.
As the ObamaStar circled the earth, there were forces down below that were plotting against the new ruler. The B.O. had abraded their liberties too far, and it was time to stop him. They were tired of his incessant televised broadcasts from the ObamaStar showing him reading from his teleprompters to his amassed Imperial Guards, telling his subjects below how they should live out their pathetic lives, and how they could and could not do certain things, and how they risked life and limb if they dared to defy him. But defy him they would, and a new leader finally emerged from the six-pack of contenders to lead them in their rebellion!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
The cuff digs into Landsman's wrist, sharp enough to abrade the flesh.-- Michael Chabon, The Yiddish Policemen's Union
He was shorter than Lloyd but heavier in the chest, a wiry-limbed man with bristling dark hair and a quick harsh laugh and a way of crinkling his face so you knew he would say something to abrade your skin like sandpaper.-- Joyce Carol Oates, High Lonesome
Related to abrasion, abrade is from the Latin roots ab meaning “away from” and rādere meaning “to scrape.”
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