rubbing away
1rubbing away — index erosion Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
2Run-Away — Infobox Single Name = Run Away Artist = Super Furry Animals from Album = Hey Venus! Released = 29 October 2007 Format = Digipack CD, 7 picture disc, download Recorded = Miraval Studios, France Genre = Indie rock Length = 2:53 Label = Rough Trade… …
3wear away — verb 1. cut away in small pieces • Syn: ↑whittle away, ↑whittle down • Hypernyms: ↑damage • Verb Frames: Somebody s something Something s something …
4grind away — verb study intensively, as before an exam I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam • Syn: ↑cram, ↑drum, ↑bone up, ↑swot, ↑get up, ↑mug up, ↑swot up, ↑bone …
5wipe away — verb remove by wiping • Syn: ↑wipe off • Hypernyms: ↑remove, ↑take, ↑take away, ↑withdraw • Hyponyms: ↑deterge …
6wear something away — ˌwear aˈway | ˌwear sthaˈway derived to become, or make sth become, gradually thinner or smoother by continuously using or rubbing it • The inscription on the coin had worn away. • The steps had been worn away by the feet of thousands of pilgrims …
7abrasion — 1. An excoriation, or circumscribed removal of the superficial layers of skin or mucous membrane. SYN: abraded wound. 2. A scraping away of a portion of the surface. 3. In dentistry, the pathological grinding …
8grazing — Synonyms and related words: ablation, abrasion, abrasive, animal husbandry, animal rearing, appetite, attrition, bee culture, beekeeping, breeding, brushing, buffing, burnishing, campo, cannibalism, carnivorism, carnivority, carnivorousness,… …
9attrition — n. Abrasion, friction, rubbing, wearing away, rubbing away …
10abrasion — [1] Wearing or rubbing away some surface because of friction. [2] Mechanical wearing away of rocks by rubbing during movement …
