Clues for the word "ABRADE"
We've had 58 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 191 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Easy crossword on May 29, 2026.
Definition of abrade
- v. t. - To rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction; as, to abrade rocks.
- v. t. - Same as Abraid.
Referring Clues
- Wear off
- Rub
- Rub down
- Rub off
- Wear down
- Wear away
- Use a rasp on
- Scrape off
- Use sandpaper
- Rub the wrong way?
- Wear off by scraping
- Irritate by rubbing
- Wear by rubbing
- Use a pumice stone
- Scrape
- Use a file, e.g.
- Excoriate
- Chafe
- Use emery on
- Scour, e.g.
- Subject to 86-Down, say
- Rub the wrong way
- Rub harshly against
- Irritate
- Rub away
- Wear roughly
- Scrape roughly
- Wear away by friction
- Use sandpaper on, say
- Rub with emery
- Rub away by friction
- Sand, say
- Use sandpaper on
- Scrape a beard off
- Rub away a bread roll
- Get grating
- Scratch
- Scrape a new beard
- Scrape - rub
- Nameless type in A&E scrape
- They say it's a plait to wear down
- Wear a well-styled beard
- A plait, say, to wear down
- A variety of bread to grind
- Wear a well-trimmed beard
- A rough beard can scratch
- Wear one item of underwear by day with elastic top
- A sort of bread-and-scrape?
- Wear down by friction
- Scrape away
- Scrape away, erode
- Scour, say
- Rub raw
- Scratch the two first letters out, dear
- Rub roughly
- Grate against
- Erode
- Rub the wrong way?
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Easy - May 29, 2026
- Daily American - December 01, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - November 28, 2025
- LA Times - October 14, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - October 08, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - October 04, 2025
- Your Life Choices - September 27, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - August 01, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 31, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - June 18, 2025
- LA Times - May 30, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - March 04, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - March 02, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - February 13, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - February 08, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - January 09, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - November 05, 2024
- Daily American - July 17, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - July 01, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - May 31, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 26, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - March 04, 2024
- Your Life Choices - January 31, 2024
- USA Today - January 12, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - January 11, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - December 09, 2023
- Daily American - December 01, 2023
- Mindfood Daily - October 06, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - October 04, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - August 29, 2023
- And in 161 more crossword puzzles...