Abrasive
adjective
Rough and coarse in nature.
Sandpaper is abrasive because it's used to make things smooth.
Often appears as...
- abrasive material
- abrasive surface
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Technical
adjective
Very rude and unpleasant, hurting others' feelings.
His abrasive behavior made others avoid him.
Often appears as...
- abrasive personality
- abrasive attitude
noun
A substance, like sandpaper, used to clean or smooth surfaces.
He used the abrasive to remove the rust from the metal.
Often appears as...
- type of abrasive
- using an abrasive
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Rough and coarse in nature.
Sandpaper is abrasive because it's used to make things smooth.
Often appears as...
- abrasive material
- abrasive surface
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Very rude and unpleasant, hurting others' feelings.
His abrasive behavior made others avoid him.
Often appears as...
- abrasive personality
- abrasive attitude
noun
A substance, like sandpaper, used to clean or smooth surfaces.
He used the abrasive to remove the rust from the metal.
Often appears as...
- type of abrasive
- using an abrasive
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Texture
Describes how something feels to touch, often uncomfortable.
Wearing an abrasive jacket can irritate your skin.
Pro Tip 2/3Industrial Use
Commonly used in manufacturing for refining surfaces.
The factory uses an abrasive process to polish metals.
Pro Tip 3/3Not for Delicates
Can damage fragile items; use with caution on sensitive materials.
Avoid using abrasive cleaners on your eyeglasses.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Texture
Describes how something feels to touch, often uncomfortable.
Wearing an abrasive jacket can irritate your skin.
Pro Tip 2/3Industrial Use
Commonly used in manufacturing for refining surfaces.
The factory uses an abrasive process to polish metals.
Pro Tip 3/3Not for Delicates
Can damage fragile items; use with caution on sensitive materials.
Avoid using abrasive cleaners on your eyeglasses.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Texture
Describes how something feels to touch, often uncomfortable.
Wearing an abrasive jacket can irritate your skin.
Pro Tip 2/3Industrial Use
Commonly used in manufacturing for refining surfaces.
The factory uses an abrasive process to polish metals.
Pro Tip 3/3Not for Delicates
Can damage fragile items; use with caution on sensitive materials.
Avoid using abrasive cleaners on your eyeglasses.
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Extreme Dinosaurs PIPE...
some of them were less abrasive some of them more it's not really well studied but maybe that was what was abrading the teeth at such a rate and then of course around the that you see around this plant here you see some of the angiosperms that were coming into disturbed environments maybe along the Riverways but for knees are sorts again
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Toothpaste PIPE Ingredients...
scratch using only natural ingredients first I need an abrasive my brace if has to not dissolve in water because if it dissolves in water then it's no longer a solid and it can't rub stuff off my teeth and I'm going to use something that you can find in rocks all over nature calcium carbonate otherwise
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Why being respectful to...
They found that the number one reason tied to executive failure was an insensitive, abrasive or bullying style. There will always be some outliers that succeed despite their incivility. Sooner or later, though, most uncivil people sabotage their success.
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How better tech could...
to what those values might be. He joked in our conversation that what if, instead of a spell check, you had a compassion check, meaning, you might highlight a word that might be accidentally abrasive -- perceived as abrasive by someone else.
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How we can navigate the...
for self-interest but for the common good those things have been weakening over the past several decades and the end result is societies become much more abrasive and unequal and so therefore how do we move away from that I mean do
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World's Toughest Jobs:...
landscape changes with the day a pockmark landscape of tailings from the hand dug pits where the salt is mine the abrasive sand grinds away slowly on the bodies of the men who continue to work
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World's Toughest Jobs:...
landscape changes with the day a pockmark landscape of tailings from the hand dug pits where the salt is mine the abrasive sand grinds away slowly on the bodies of the men who continue to work
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Secrets of Toothpaste PIPE...
okay that goes cheerfully feel good what better she tastes squat minty slow abrasive is incredibly salty what cleaning my teeth well so much better and hopefully my
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Salt Mines of Mali PIPE...
pockmarked landscape of tailings from the hand dug pits where the salt is mine the abrasive sand grinds away slowly on the bodies of the men who continue to
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Why corporate diversity...
just need to be authoritative and ambitious in order to succeed. But women walk a tightrope, where they may be seen as abrasive if they're authoritative
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Extreme Dinosaurs PIPE...
some of them were less abrasive some of them more it's not really well studied but maybe that was what was abrading the teeth at such a rate and then of course around the that you see around this plant here you see some of the angiosperms that were coming into disturbed environments maybe along the Riverways but for knees are sorts again
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Toothpaste PIPE Ingredients...
scratch using only natural ingredients first I need an abrasive my brace if has to not dissolve in water because if it dissolves in water then it's no longer a solid and it can't rub stuff off my teeth and I'm going to use something that you can find in rocks all over nature calcium carbonate otherwise
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Why being respectful to...
They found that the number one reason tied to executive failure was an insensitive, abrasive or bullying style. There will always be some outliers that succeed despite their incivility. Sooner or later, though, most uncivil people sabotage their success.
Video examples
How better tech could...
to what those values might be. He joked in our conversation that what if, instead of a spell check, you had a compassion check, meaning, you might highlight a word that might be accidentally abrasive -- perceived as abrasive by someone else.
Video examples
How we can navigate the...
for self-interest but for the common good those things have been weakening over the past several decades and the end result is societies become much more abrasive and unequal and so therefore how do we move away from that I mean do
Video examples
World's Toughest Jobs:...
landscape changes with the day a pockmark landscape of tailings from the hand dug pits where the salt is mine the abrasive sand grinds away slowly on the bodies of the men who continue to work
Video examples
World's Toughest Jobs:...
landscape changes with the day a pockmark landscape of tailings from the hand dug pits where the salt is mine the abrasive sand grinds away slowly on the bodies of the men who continue to work
Video examples
Secrets of Toothpaste PIPE...
okay that goes cheerfully feel good what better she tastes squat minty slow abrasive is incredibly salty what cleaning my teeth well so much better and hopefully my
Video examples
Salt Mines of Mali PIPE...
pockmarked landscape of tailings from the hand dug pits where the salt is mine the abrasive sand grinds away slowly on the bodies of the men who continue to
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Why corporate diversity...
just need to be authoritative and ambitious in order to succeed. But women walk a tightrope, where they may be seen as abrasive if they're authoritative
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Mira Nair
Indian Director
I often begin movies with music in my head; it's a very important dimension to me. Not just the music itself, but how to use music in film: when and how and subtlety. I don't like to be too sweet in my stories, and I like the abrasive clang, the contrasting of sounds and cultures.
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Jack Garratt
British Musician
I remember, from aged six to nine, I was loud and abrasive and loved making noise and loved playing instruments and doing all those things. When I was about ten, I realised I could get attention by doing that, so when I was eleven, I started writing songs.
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Trevor Noah
South African Comedian
You have two choices, two paths to take as a comedian. You can tackle the difficult subjects and be harsh about it, be brash, be abrasive. But adding hatred to racism is not going to help everybody. So I like to have fun around it.
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Gerald Vizenor
American Writer
Trickster stories are pleasurable, contradictory, annoying, abrasive. They're powerful, transformational acts of liberation because they are not nailed down to the real, to the representation of something in the world.
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Saul Alinsky
American Activist
Change means movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of a nonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasive friction of conflict.
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Jon Hopkins
English Musician
I love that tension between machine sounds and organic sounds, and also the contrast between abrasive sounds and soft sounds.
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Sarah Cooper
Jamaican Comedian
Women say things that are direct - they are told they are too abrasive. I got that feedback in the corporate world.
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Hal Needham
American Director
You can only fall so far through a tree before the limbs become abrasive to your body.
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Tim Curry
British Actor
I like risky parts - abrasive characters the audience won't necessarily like.
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Flume
Australian Musician
I want to fuse the abrasive and the beautiful.
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Mira Nair
Indian Director
I often begin movies with music in my head; it's a very important dimension to me. Not just the music itself, but how to use music in film: when and how and subtlety. I don't like to be too sweet in my stories, and I like the abrasive clang, the contrasting of sounds and cultures.
Quote examples
Jack Garratt
British Musician
I remember, from aged six to nine, I was loud and abrasive and loved making noise and loved playing instruments and doing all those things. When I was about ten, I realised I could get attention by doing that, so when I was eleven, I started writing songs.
Quote examples
Trevor Noah
South African Comedian
You have two choices, two paths to take as a comedian. You can tackle the difficult subjects and be harsh about it, be brash, be abrasive. But adding hatred to racism is not going to help everybody. So I like to have fun around it.
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Gerald Vizenor
American Writer
Trickster stories are pleasurable, contradictory, annoying, abrasive. They're powerful, transformational acts of liberation because they are not nailed down to the real, to the representation of something in the world.
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Saul Alinsky
American Activist
Change means movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of a nonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasive friction of conflict.
Quote examples
Jon Hopkins
English Musician
I love that tension between machine sounds and organic sounds, and also the contrast between abrasive sounds and soft sounds.
Quote examples
Sarah Cooper
Jamaican Comedian
Women say things that are direct - they are told they are too abrasive. I got that feedback in the corporate world.
Quote examples
Hal Needham
American Director
You can only fall so far through a tree before the limbs become abrasive to your body.
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Tim Curry
British Actor
I like risky parts - abrasive characters the audience won't necessarily like.
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Flume
Australian Musician
I want to fuse the abrasive and the beautiful.
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