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Best answers for Abrade – Crossword Clue


Answer: roughen


Clue Length Answer
Abrade3 lettersvex
  1. Definition: 1. be a mystery or bewildering to;

Abrade3 lettersrip
  1. Definition: 1. criticize or abuse strongly and violently; "The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilessly"

Abrade3 lettersrun
  1. Definition: 1. run, stand, or compete for an office or a position; "Who's running for treasurer this year?"

Abrade3 lettersrub
  1. Definition: 1. move over something with pressure; "rub my hands"; "rub oil into her skin"

Abrade4 letterstear
  1. Definition: 1. the act of tearing; "he took the manuscript in both hands and gave it a mighty tear"

Abrade4 lettersthin
  1. Definition: 1. not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse"

Abrade4 lettersslit
  1. Definition: 1. a depression scratched or carved into a surface

Abrade4 lettersskin
  1. Definition: 1. a person's skin regarded as their life; "he tried to save his skin"

Abrade4 lettersraze
  1. Definition: 1. tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled"

Abrade4 lettersweed
  1. Definition: 1. street names for marijuana

Abrade4 lettersrend
  1. Definition: 1. tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips"

Abrade4 lettersstab
  1. Definition: 1. stab or pierce; "he jabbed the piece of meat with his pocket knife"

Abrade4 letterssand
  1. Definition: 1. rub with sandpaper; "sandpaper the wooden surface"

Abrade4 lettersrasp
  1. Definition: 1. a coarse file with sharp pointed projections

Abrade4 letterswear
  1. Definition: 1. have or show an appearance of; "wear one's hair in a certain way"

Abrade5 lettersshred
  1. Definition: 1. a small piece of cloth or paper

Abrade5 lettersshard
  1. Definition: 1. a broken piece of a brittle artifact

Abrade5 lettersobill

    Abrade5 letterswound
    1. Definition: 1. cause injuries or bodily harm to

    Abrade5 lettersstick
    1. Definition: 1. come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere"

    Abrade5 lettersslash
    1. Definition: 1. cut drastically; "Prices were slashed"

    Abrade5 letterschafe
    1. Definition: 1. warm by rubbing, as with the hands

    Abrade5 lettersgrate
    1. Definition: 1. scratch repeatedly; "The cat scraped at the armchair"

    Abrade5 lettersscrub
    1. Definition: 1. (of domestic animals) not selectively bred

    Abrade5 lettersstrip
    1. Definition: 1. get undressed; "please don't undress in front of everybody!"; "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living"

    Abrade5 lettersshave
    1. Definition: 1. the act of removing hair with a razor

    Abrade5 lettersscour
    1. Definition: 1. a place that is scoured (especially by running water)

    Abrade5 lettersscald
    1. Definition: 1. the act of burning with steam or hot water

    Abrade5 lettersgrind
    1. Definition: 1. reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic"

    Abrade5 letterssmash
    1. Definition: 1. break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow; "The window smashed"

    Abrade5 lettersscuff
    1. Definition: 1. walk without lifting the feet

    Abrade6 lettersscorch
    1. Definition: 1. become scorched or singed under intense heat or dry conditions; "The exposed tree scorched in the hot sun"

    Abrade6 letterswrench
    1. Definition: 1. a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt

    Abrade6 lettersruffle
    1. Definition: 1. pleat or gather into a ruffle; "ruffle the curtain fabric"

    Abrade6 lettersscotch
    1. Definition: 1. avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great Depression"; "`scotch' is used only informally"

    Abrade6 lettersstrain
    1. Definition: 1. (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups;

    Abrade6 lettersreduce
    1. Definition: 1. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"

    Abrade6 lettersremove
    1. Definition: 1. degree of figurative distance or separation; "just one remove from madness"

    Abrade6 lettersrefine
    1. Definition: 1. make more complex, intricate, or richer;

    Abrade6 lettersscrape
    1. Definition: 1. make by scraping; "They scraped a letter into the stone"

    Abrade6 letterspurify
    1. Definition: 1. make pure or free from sin or guilt; "he left the monastery purified"

    Abrade6 letterssprain
    1. Definition: 1. a painful injury to a joint caused by a sudden wrenching of its ligaments

    Abrade6 letterstatter
    1. Definition: 1. a small piece of cloth or paper

    Abrade6 letterssavage
    1. Definition: 1. criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"

    Abrade6 letterssquash
    1. Definition: 1. to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon"

    Abrade7 lettersprovoke
    1. Definition: 1. annoy continually or chronically;

    Abrade7 lettersrupture
    1. Definition: 1. Tear

    Abrade7 lettersrub-off

      Abrade7 lettersrub-out

        Abrade7 lettersshorten
        1. Definition: 1. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel"

        Abrade7 lettersweather
        1. Definition: 1. change under the action or influence of the weather; "A weathered old hut"

        Abrade7 lettersscratch
        1. Definition: 1. dry mash for poultry

        Abrade7 letterseataway

          Abrade7 lettersroughen
          1. Definition: 1. make rough or rougher; "roughen the surfaces so they will stick to each other"

          Abrade7 lettersscrunch
          1. Definition: 1. make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; "The dress got wrinkled"; "crease the paper like this to make a crane"

          Abrade8 letterswear-off

            Abrade8 letterspuncture
            1. Definition: 1. the act of puncturing or perforating

            Abrade8 letterswithdraw
            1. Definition: 1. withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess"

            Abrade8 letterssubtract
            1. Definition: 1. take off or away; "this prefix was subtracted when the word was borrowed from French"

            Abrade8 letterswear-out

              Abrade8 lettersretrench
              1. Definition: 1. make a reduction, as in one's workforce; "The company had to retrench"

              Abrade9 letterspulverize

                Abrade9 letterswear-away

                  Abrade9 letterstake-away

                    Abrade9 letterstake-from

                      Abrade9 letterswear-down

                        Abrade10 letterstraumatize
                        1. Definition: 1. inflict a trauma upon


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