Using your brakes repeatedly will over time abrade them. From LearnThat.org.
• Start to "abrade" the area by distressing the marked area with sandpaper. From Wordnik.com. [Denimology] Reference
"They're padded with sheepskin so as not to abrade.". From Wordnik.com. [Annie, Get Your Guy & Messing Around With Max]
I wasn't sure the wire wouldn't abrade a General products hull. From Wordnik.com. [Ringworld]
You see, there is nothing to sublimate them, nothing to abrade them. From Wordnik.com. [Space]
Even the smoothest Climberman, though, would abrade the edge off his welcome. From Wordnik.com. [Passage at Arms]
She broke her fall in such a way as to abrade the knuckles on her right hand. From Wordnik.com. [Galapagos]
In all cases, however, a hard file will abrade the surface of the false stone. From Wordnik.com. [The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones] Reference
Scraping tools are of such nature that they can only abrade or smooth surfaces. From Wordnik.com. [Handwork in Wood] Reference
He would have naught but stubs left if he made it a habit to abrade them so often. From Wordnik.com. [Much Ado About Marriage] Reference
Plastic switches and push-buttons also need to be replaced as these abrade quickly. From Wordnik.com. [Volcanic AshEffects on Communication and Mitigation Strategies] Reference
The discarded lines entangle corals and abrade their polyps and upper tissue layers. From Wordnik.com. [Coral degradation through destructive fishing practices] Reference
Then, when the sand threatened to abrade her satiny skin, she sat up, her tail folded before her. From Wordnik.com. [The Color of Her Panties]
And some of their surfaces were badly pitted from sandstorms that could abrade the paint off a car. From Wordnik.com. [Fatal Care]
I was struggling with abrade and the misspelling (checked on dictionary dot com) taught me a new word. From Wordnik.com. [lacuriosa Diary Entry] Reference
After all these years, certainly there was a fondness, a habit that sat well with us both, and did not abrade. From Wordnik.com. [The Leper of Saint Giles]
They use restraining collars for Draize eye testing and they shave/abrade portions of the body for skin tests. From Wordnik.com. [Top Ten Reasons Not To Regulate Dangerious Chemicals in Cosmetics] Reference
Wintrow was already wondering if there were not some way to gently abrade or bleach the new tattoo from his face. From Wordnik.com. [Ship Of Magic]
Its sharp, crystalline structure causes it to scratch and abrade surfaces when it is removed by wiping or brushing. From Wordnik.com. [Actions to take for ash fall?] Reference
In the cleaning operations care should be taken to scratch or abrade the bran as little as possible, for this reason. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 303, October 22, 1881] Reference
Genuine amber, when rubbed together, emits a very fragrant odour similar to a fresh lemon, and does not abrade the surface. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 188, June 4, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.] Reference
And they pose a greater infection hazard than regular manicures since the vibrating electric file can easily cut or abrade the skin. From Wordnik.com. [8 things not to buy this holiday season, for yourself or anyone else] Reference
I pulled my elbows up, felt the scruff of the mattress gently abrade the backs of my arms, and settled into a modified prone position. From Wordnik.com. [CUBA: FIVE DAYS ON THE CHEAP, FREE CELL, FREE GUARD DOG, FREE GUARD] Reference
Agitated melancholics may rock their bodies and rub their hands and faces perseveratively; they abrade their skin and leave open sores. From Wordnik.com. [The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry] Reference
I wipe my nose to clean it, and rapidly I abrade the tissue until it's a red, raw, itching mass of skin, sensitive to the slightest scrape. From Wordnik.com. [Notes On DMing a Twelve-Year-Old Child] Reference
Compare the ways in which different agents abrade. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Geology] Reference
They do not abrade their banks -- vegetation protects them. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868] Reference
Nor deem it ftrange that rolling years abrade The facial bias. From Wordnik.com. [The works of the English poets; with prefaces, biographical and critical] Reference
Passers-by came to recognize that the sloping stone did abrade. From Wordnik.com. [CapeCodToday Blog Chowder] Reference
Waves abrade the shore and strew the debris worn from it over the lake bed. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Geology] Reference
I initially worried that these cut-outs might actually abrade the tire's sidewalls. From Wordnik.com. [Bike Magazine - Most Recent] Reference
Because it is disposable and does not abrade the skin, the risk of infection is very low. From Wordnik.com. [Medgadget] Reference
The problem is, once you've found your niche, its rocky outgrowths will predictably start to abrade. From Wordnik.com. [Psychology Today Daily Features] Reference
As the author pointed out, they have no cushioning inside, the inside of the shoe is a cavern waiting to abrade your tootsies. From Wordnik.com. [webBikeWorld.com] Reference
Because of the acidic nature of the candy, you could experience soft tooth enamel and brushing your teeth could abrade the enamel. From Wordnik.com. [The Denver Newspaper Agency YourHub.com Stories] Reference
Because of the acidic nature of the candy, you could experience soft tooth enamel and brushing your teeth could abrade the enamel. From Wordnik.com. [The Denver Newspaper Agency YourHub.com Stories] Reference
For the doubters, this time gap provides enough time for her to abrade her skin, and use enough make-up, to create the Scarlet Letter. From Wordnik.com. [The Latest on Air America] Reference
She’d just have to get another bot to abrade the wood down still further. From Wordnik.com. [The Dreaming Void]
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