Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun abrasion

3 senses of abrasion

Sense 1
abrasion, scratch, scrape, excoriation -- (an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off)
       => wound, lesion -- (an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin))

Sense 2
abrasion, attrition, corrasion, detrition -- (erosion by friction)
       => erosion, eroding, eating away, wearing, wearing away -- ((geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it))

Sense 3
grinding, abrasion, attrition, detrition -- (the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice)
       => friction, rubbing -- (the resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another)