| Meaning | wear away. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | abrade, corrade, rub down, rub off | |
| Entailed by | roughen | make rough or rougher |
| Narrower | chafe, excoriate | tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading |
| rasp | scrape with a rasp | |
| Broader | wear away, wear off | diminish, as by friction |
| Spanish | corroerse, desgastar, erosionarse, gastarse, gastar, raer | |
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