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Definitions: Abrasive |
AbrasiveAdjective1. Causing abrasion. 2. Sharply disagreeable; rigorous; "the harsh facts of court delays"; "an abrasive character". Noun1. A substance that abrades or wears down. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "abrasive" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1980. (references) |
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Mechanical Engineering | Abrasives include disc and band abrasives as well as tools made up of abrasive stones mounted on a tool holder(grinder). Source: European Union. (references) |
Botanical | A coarse-leaved plant used for washing dishes, Curatella, Luffa, Miconia, Pavonia, Solanum, Waltheria. (references) |
Mining | A. Any natural or artificial substance suitable for grinding, polishing, cutting, or scouring. Natural abrasives include diamond, emery, garnet, silica sand, diatomite, and pumice; manufactured abrasives include esp., silicon carbide, fused alumina, and boron nitride. (references) |
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Synonyms: AbrasiveSynonyms: harsh (adj), scratchy (adj), abradant (n), abrasive material (n). (additional references) |
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| "Abrasive" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 94.42% of the time. "Abrasive" is used about 233 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 94.42% | 220 | 20,356 |
| Noun (proper) | 5.58% | 13 | 97,576 |
| Total | 100.00% | 233 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "abrasive": abrasive character ♦ abrasive file ♦ abrasive jetting ♦ abrasive material ♦ abrasive paper ♦ abrasive resistance ♦ abrasive voice. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "abrasive": non-abrasive. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
abrasive | 61 |
abrasive blasting | 49 |
abrasive waterjet | 38 |
abrasive wheels | 35 |
abrasive product | 34 |
abrasive jet | 31 |
abrasive blast equipment | 26 |
abrasive belt | 26 |
abrasive waterjet cutting | 25 |
abrasive blast | 24 |
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| Language | Translations for "abrasive"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaan | skerp (acerbic, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, lurid, sharp). (various references) | |
Albanian | material zmerilues, gërryes (abradant, caustic, corrodent, corroding, corrosive, erosive, wasting). (various references) | |
Arabic | كاشط, مادة كاشطة, وقح (barefaced, blatant, bold, brazen, cool, flippant, hardy, impertinent, impudent, insolent, nervy, off hand, overbold, pert, presuming, presumptuous, rascal, rude, sassy, saucy, scamp, shameless, smart), حاك (knit, weave). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | средство за шлифоване, свличащ, шлифоващ, оскърбяващ (insulting), отмиващ, абразивен, абразив (abradant), абразионен, изтъркващ, изтриващ, дразнещ (dirty, exasperating, harassing, irritant, irritating, irritative, jarring, pestiferous, provocative, raspy, trying, vexatious). (various references) | |
Catalan | agut (acerbic, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, lurid, sharp). (various references) | |
Chinese | 粗厲 , 磨蚀 (Abrade, Abraded, Abrading, Abrasion). (various references) | |
Czech | smirkový, sžíravý (blistering, caustic, mordant, savage), neomalený (blunt, churlish, cool, impertinent, unsuitable), jedovatý (biting, cankered, cankerous, cutting, poisonous, rank, toxic, venomous, virulent, vitriolic), drsný (broad, coarse, crude, grating, gruff, harsh, heavy, inclement, intemperate, leathery, offhand, ragged, raucous, raw, rigorous, rough, ruddy, scabrous, severe, stark, unkind), brusný materiál, brusný, brusivo. (various references) | |
Danish | skarp (acerbic, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, cut, cutting, gassy, harsh, lurid, piquant, sharp). (various references) | |
Dutch | schuurmiddel (abradant, abrasive material, grit), guur (acerbic, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, bleak, lurid, sharp), fel (acerbic, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, bile, intense, intensive, lurid, sharp), doordringend (acerbic, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, harsh, lurid, sharp, sour, tart). (various references) | |
Esperanto | akratona (sharp-toned, shrill, snappy, tard), akra (lurid, sharp), smirga, frotpurigilo, frotpuriga. (various references) | |
Faeroese | hvassur (acerbic, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, lurid, sharp). (various references) | |
Farsi | تراشنده (Shaver), سوزش اور (Caustic, Irritant), ساینده (Grating), سایا. (various references) | |
Finnish | terävä (acerbic, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, keen, lurid, peaky, sharp, tart). (various references) | |
French | abrasif (abradant, abrasive material), rude (abrupt, abusive), aigu (abrupt). (various references) | |
Frisian | skerp (acerbic, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, lurid, sharp), bitsich (acerbic, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, lurid, sharp). (various references) | |
German | Schleifmittel (abradant, abrasive material, grit), scharf (acerbic, acid, acrid, acridly, acrimonious, acute, biting, bitter, caustic, clear, closely, cool, cracking, cutting, discerning, drastic, ferocious, fierce, fiery, gassy, hard, harsh, highly seasoned, horny, hot, incisive, keen, keenly, live, lurid, marked, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, piercingly, piquant, poignant, poignantly, precise, pungent, pungently, quick, Randy, raw, razor-sharp, rough, savage, scabrous, scathing, scathingly, severe, sexy, sharp, sharp-edged, sharply, shrewd, shrill, sibilant, slashing, spanking, strict, strong, tangy, tart, tough, trenchant, twangy, vehement, venomous, virulent). (various references) | |
Greek | λειαντικό μέσο (abradant, abrading agent, abrasive material, grit). (various references) | |
Hebrew | משפשף. (various references) | |
Hungarian | csiszoló (buffer, cutter, emery, gritty), rámenős (assertive, bouncy, bullet-headed, full of zip, go-ahead, impetuous, pushing, pushy, snappy, zippy), nyersen energikus, levakaró, ledörzsölő szer, ledörzsölő, koptatóanyag (abrader), koptató, köszörülőanyag (abrader), köszörülő (gritty), csiszolóanyag (abradant, abrader). (various references) | |
Icelandic | skrækur (acrid, acrimonious, sharp-toned, shrill, snappy, tard), skerandi (acrid, acrimonious, sharp-toned, shrill, snappy, tard), skarpur (acerbic, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, lurid, sharp), leiftandi (acerbic, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, lurid, sharp), hvellur (acrid, acrimonious, sharp-toned, shrill, snappy, tard), hrjúfur (acerbic, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, lurid, sharp), beittur (acerbic, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, lurid, sharp). (various references) | |
Indonesian | alat pengampelas, penggabus (polisher), obat asah, kesat. (various references) | |
Italian | abrasivo (abradant, abrasive material, abrasively, grit), acuto (acerbic, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, cute, discerning, discriminating, high, high note, high pitched, incisive, intense, keen, lancinating, lurid, nasty, neat, penetrating, piercing, piping, poignant, pointed, severe, sharp, shrewd, shrill). (various references) | |
Korean | 거친 (husky, lumpy, Ragged, rough). (various references) | |
Manx | screebeyder (scarifier, scraper, scratcher), screebagh (fricative, frictional, scraping, scrapy, scratchy). (various references) | |
Norwegian | selvheftende. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | abrasiveay.(various references) | |
Polish | ostry (acerbic, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, lurid, severe, sharp, strict). (various references) | |
Portuguese | abrasivo (abradant, abrasive material, grit, gumming). (various references) | |
Romanian | abraziv, material abraziv. (various references) | |
Russian | наждачная бумага (emery paper, emery-paper, flint-paper, glass paper, glass-paper, sandpaper, sandpapers), абразивный материал, абразивный, абразив (abradant). (various references) | |
Scottish | geur (acerbic, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, bitter, lurid, sharp, sharp pointed, shrewd; acrid). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | abrazivan, abraziv. (various references) | |
Spanish | abrasivo (abradant, abrasive material, grit), agudo (acerbic, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, high, lurid, penetrating, piping, poignant, quick, quick-witted, raging, ready, searing, severe, sharp, sharp-witted, shrill), afilado (acerbic, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, grinding, hone, keen, lurid, setting, sharp, sharp-edged, sharpening, sharply-edged, whetting). (various references) | |
Sranan | srapu (acerbic, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, lurid, sharp, sharpen). (various references) | |
Swahili | -kali (acerbic, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, hot, lurid, sharp). (various references) | |
Swedish | sträv (bristly, coarse, gruff, harsh, rough, scabrous). (various references) | |
Tagalog | matúlis (acerbic, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, lurid, sharp), matálas (acerbic, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, lurid, sharp). (various references) | |
Turkish | aşındıran, aşındırıcı madde (corrodent, corrosive), aşındırıcı (corrodent, corrosive, erosive), yıpratıcı (back breaking, corrosive, eating, wearing), taşlama malzemesi, törpüleyici, sinirlendirici (aggravating, annoying, irritant, irritating, itching, maddening, vexing). (various references) | |
Ukranian | розмиваючий, щліфувальний, обдирний, абразивний, абразив. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | chất m i mòn (abradant). (various references) | |
Yucatec | yeh (acerbic, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, lurid, sharp). (various references) | |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "abrasive": abrasively, abrasiveness, abrasivenesses, abrasives. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "abrasive": nonabrasive. (additional references) | |
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"Abrasive" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abbaside, abbrasive, abbrassive, abracive, abraive, abrassive, abtrusive, Arbatov, Arbuzov, Obrazova. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "abrasive" (pronounced ubrā"siv) |
| 4 | -ā" s i v | evasive, invasive, persuasive, pervasive. |
| 3 | -s i v | abusive, adhesive, aggressive, allusive, apprehensive, aversive, coercive, cohesive, collusive, comprehensive, compulsive, conclusive, conducive, convulsive, corrosive, counteroffensive, decisive, defensive, depressive, derisive, discursive, dismissive, dispersive, divisive, effusive, elusive, erosive, excessive, exclusive, expansive, expensive, explosive, expressive, extensive, hypertensive, illusive, impassive, impressive, impulsive, incisive, inclusive, inconclusive, indecisive, inexpensive, inoffensive, intrusive, massive, missive, nonexclusive, nonresponsive, obsessive, obtrusive, offensive, oppressive, passive, pensive, permissive, possessive, progressive, recessive, reclusive, reflexive, regressive, repressive, repulsive, responsive, submissive, subversive, successive, unimpressive, unobtrusive, unresponsive. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-e-i-r-s-v" | |
-2 letters: abaser, aivers, braise, bravas, braves, rabies, varies. | |
-3 letters: abase, abris, aiver, areas, arias, arise, avers, bares, baser, bears, biers, birse, braes, brava, brave, bravi, bries, raias, raise, raves, ribes, rives, saber, sabir, sabra, sabre, saver, serai, siver, vairs, varas, varia, verbs, vibes, viers, vires. | |
-4 letters: abas, abri, airs, arbs, area, ares, aria, arse, asea, aver, aves, baas, bare, bars, base, bear, bias, bier, bise, brae, bras, brie, bris, ears, eras, ires, isba, raia, rase, rave, rebs, reis, revs, rias, ribs, rise, rive, sabe, sari, save, sear, sera, sire, vair, vara, vars, vasa, vase, vera, verb, vibe, vier, vies, visa, vise. | |
-5 letters: aas, aba, abs, air, ais, arb, are, ars, ava, ave, baa, bar, bas, bis, bra, ear, era, ers, ire, ras, reb, rei, res, rev, ria, rib, sab, sae, sea, sei, ser, sib, sir, sri, var, vas, via, vie, vis. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-e-i-r-s-v" | |
+1 letter: abrasives, variables. | |
+2 letters: abrasively, adverbials. | |
+3 letters: abbreviates, abstractive, arborvitaes, invariables, labiovelars, nonabrasive. | |
+4 letters: abbreviators, abrasiveness, variableness, vocabularies. | |
+5 letters: abbreviations, observational, variabilities. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 62 72 61 73 69 76 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -... .-. .- ... .. ...- . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100010 01110010 01100001 01110011 01101001 01110110 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A b r a s i v e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0062 0072 0061 0073 0069 0076 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3568846785758871 |
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