abrasive
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a·bra·sive
(ə-brā′sĭv, -zĭv)adj.
1. Causing abrasion: scratched the stovetop with an abrasive cleanser.
2. Harsh and rough in manner: an unpleasant, abrasive personality.
n.
A substance that abrades.
a·bra′sive·ly adv.
a·bra′sive·ness n.
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abrasive
(əˈbreɪsɪv)n
a substance or material such as sandpaper, pumice, or emery, used for cleaning, grinding, smoothing, or polishing
adj
1. causing abrasion; grating; rough
2. irritating in manner or personality; causing tension or annoyance
aˈbrasiveness n
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a•bra•sive
(əˈbreɪ sɪv, -zɪv)adj.
1. tending to abrade; causing abrasion.
2. tending to annoy or cause ill will; overly aggressive: an abrasive personality.
n. 3. any material or substance used for grinding, polishing, smoothing, etc., as emery, pumice, or sandpaper.
[1870–75]
a•bra′sive•ly, adv.
a•bra′sive•ness, n.
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| Noun | 1. |  abrasive - a substance that abrades or wears downmaterial, stuff - the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread" carborundum - an abrasive composed of silicon carbide crystals steel wool, wire wool - a mass of woven steel fibers used as an abrasive emery cloth - cloth covered with powdered emery emery paper, sandpaper - stiff paper coated with powdered emery or sand |
| Adj. | 1. |  abrasive - causing abrasion |
| 2. |  abrasive - sharply disagreeable; rigorous; "the harsh facts of court delays"; "an abrasive character"disagreeable - not to your liking; "a disagreeable situation" |
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abrasive
adjective
1. harsh, cutting, biting, tough, sharp, severe, bitter, rough, hard, nasty, cruel, annoying, brutal, stern, irritating, unpleasant, grating, abusive, galling, unkind, hurtful, caustic, vitriolic, pitiless, unfeeling, comfortless She was unrepentant about her abrasive remarks.
2. rough, scratching, scraping, grating, scuffing, chafing, scratchy, frictional, erosive an all-purpose non-abrasive cleaner
noun
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Translations
حاك ، خَشِنمادَة كَاشِطَه
brusivodrsnýprostředek k broušení
slibemiddel
karkeakarski
csiszolóanyag
svarfandi, særandisvarfefni
prostriedok na brúsenie
aşındırıcıaşındırıcı madde
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
abrasive
[əˈbreɪsɪv] adj
[substance, cleaner] → abrasif/ive
(= abrupt) [person, manner, remark] → agressif/ive
n → abrasif m
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
abrasive
adj
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
abrasive
[əˈbreɪsɪv]1. adj → abrasivo/a (fig) (person, personality) → caustico/a; (voice) → stridente; (manner) → brusco/a
2. n → abrasivo
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
abrasion
(əˈbreiʒən) noun an injury caused by scraping or grazing the skin. minor abrasions.
aˈbrasive (-siv) adjective tending to make surfaces rough when rubbed on to them. An abrasive material is unsuitable for cleaning baths.
noun something used for scraping or rubbing a surface. Sandpaper is an abrasive.
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a·bra·sive
a. abrasivo-a, irritante, raspante, rel. a una abrasión o que la causa.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
abrasive
adj & n abrasivoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.