- NYT Crossword
- November 22 2022
- Abrasion
Abrasion
While searching our database we found 1 possible solution for the: Abrasion crossword clue. This crossword clue was last seen on November 22 2022 NYT Crossword puzzle. The solution we have for Abrasion has a total of 6 letters.
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1. The first letter of the answer is: S
2. The last letter of the answer is: E
3. There are 2 vowels in the hidden word:
Definition
| • | To rub over the surface of (something) with a sharp or rough instrument; to rub over with something that roughens by removing portions of the surface; to grate harshly over; to abrade; to make even, or bring to a required condition or form, by moving the sharp edge of an instrument breadthwise over the surface with pressure, cutting away excesses and superfluous parts; to make smooth or clean; as, to scrape a bone with a knife; to scrape a metal plate to an even surface. |
| • | To remove by rubbing or scraping (in the sense above). |
| • | To collect by, or as by, a process of scraping; to gather in small portions by laborious effort; hence, to acquire avariciously and save penuriously; -- often followed by together or up; as, to scrape money together. |
| • | To express disapprobation of, as a play, or to silence, as a speaker, by drawing the feet back and forth upon the floor; -- usually with down. |
| • | To rub over the surface of anything with something which roughens or removes it, or which smooths or cleans it; to rub harshly and noisily along. |
| • | To occupy one's self with getting laboriously; as, he scraped and saved until he became rich. |
| • | To play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or like instrument. |
| • | To draw back the right foot along the ground or floor when making a bow. |
| • | The act of scraping; also, the effect of scraping, as a scratch, or a harsh sound; as, a noisy scrape on the floor; a scrape of a pen. |
| • | A drawing back of the right foot when bowing; also, a bow made with that accompaniment. |
| • | A disagreeable and embarrassing predicament out of which one can not get without undergoing, as it were, a painful rubbing or scraping; a perplexity; a difficulty. |
The word SCRAPE is a 6 letter word that has 1 syllable's. The syllable division for SCRAPE is: scrape
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