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Like dirt, those teeth will abrade fabrics during a wash cycle.
HOW TO CLEAN YOUR CYCLING GEARAGINTZLERJULY 17, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEIf your kit is really trashed from a wet ride, that dirt is circulating in the wash cycle, abrading your clothing even more as the wash drum turns.
HOW TO CLEAN YOUR CYCLING GEARAGINTZLERJULY 17, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEWaves abrade the shore and strew the débris worn from it over the lake bed.
THE ELEMENTS OF GEOLOGYWILLIAM HARMON NORTONWherever they find calcareous strata to abrade, the water is almost milklike in hue for miles around.
WONDERLAND; OR ALASKA AND THE INSIDE PASSAGELIEUT. FREDERICK SCHWATKAThis is specially the case with Chaffinches and Bramblings: Greenfinches abrade later.
AMONG THE BIRDS IN NORTHERN SHIRESCHARLES DIXONGenuine amber, when rubbed together, emits a very fragrant odour similar to a fresh lemon, and does not abrade the surface.
NOTES AND QUERIES, NUMBER 188, JUNE 4, 1853VARIOUSIn all cases, however, a hard file will abrade the surface of the false stone.
THE CHEMISTRY, PROPERTIES AND TESTS OF PRECIOUS STONESJOHN MASTINWORDS RELATED TO ABRADE
- T-off
- abrade
- agitate
- ask for it
- badger
- be at
- be on the back of
- bedevil
- beleaguer
- bore
- bother
- break
- bug
- burn up
- chafe
- displease
- distress
- disturb
- egg on
- exasperate
- fire up
- gall
- get
- gnaw
- harass
- harry
- heat up
- henpeck
- hit where one lives
- irk
- madden
- make waves
- miff
- nag
- needle
- nettle
- nudge
- peeve
- perturb
- pester
- plague
- provoke
- push button
- ride
- rile
- ruffle
- tease
- tick off
- trouble
- turn off
- vex
- work on
- worry
- T-offs
- abrades
- agitates
- asks for it
- badgers
- bears
- bedevils
- beleaguers
- bothers
- breaks
- bugs
- burns up
- chafes
- displeases
- distresses
- disturbs
- egg on
- exasperates
- fires up
- galls
- gets
- gnaws
- harasses
- harries
- heats up
- henpecks
- hits where one lives
- irks
- is at
- is on the back of
- maddens
- makes waves
- miffs
- nags
- needles
- nettles
- nudges
- peeves
- perturbs
- pesters
- plagues
- provokes
- pushes button
- rides
- riles
- ruffles
- teases
- ticks off
- troubles
- turns off
- vexes
- works on
- worries
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