CORRADE

abrade, corrade, abrase, rub down, rub off

(verb) wear away

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

corrade (third-person singular simple present corrades, present participle corrading, simple past and past participle corraded)

(obsolete) To gnaw into; to wear away

Synonyms: fret, consume

(geology) To erode through physical or mechanical (rather than chemical) means, as the bed of a stream.

(obsolete) To scrape or rake together; to accumulate laboriously.

Anagrams

• cerrado

Source: Wiktionary


Cor*rade" (kr-rd"), v. t. Etym: [L. corradere, -rasum; cor- + radere to rub.]

1. To gnaw into; to wear away; to fret; to consume. [Obs.] Dr. R. Clerke.

2. (Geol.)

Definition: To erode, as the bed of a stream. See Corrosion.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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