abrasive meaning in General Dictionary
yielding scratching
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- causing scratching
- sharply disagreeable; rigorous
- a substance that abrades or wears down
- creating abrasion.
abrasive meaning in Etymology Dictionary
"an abrasive substance," 1853, from abrasive (adj.).
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- 1805, from Latin abras-, past participle stem of abradere "to clean away, shave down" (see abrasion) + -ive. Figurative sense of "tending to trigger anger" is initially taped 1925. Associated: Abrasively; abrasiveness.
abrasive meaning in General Dictionary
(a.) manufacturing scratching.
Sentence Examples with the word abrasive
By means of a rotating table either two surfaces of glass, or one surface of glass and one of cast iron, are rubbed together with the interposition of a powerful abrasive such as sand, emery or carborundum.