Crossword-Solution: ABRASIVE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Abrasive | a. | Producing abrasion. |
We have 41 clues for the answer “ABRASIVE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Substance used for polishing | 1 answer |
| Pumice, e.g. | 1 answer |
| Not very agreeable | 1 answer |
| Like pumice, rough in manner | 1 answer |
| Like emery | 1 answer |
| Smoothing stuff | 1 answer |
| Tending to vex | 1 answer |
| a substance that abrades or wears down | 1 answer |
| harsh scratchy | 1 answer |
| Emery. | 2 answers |
| GRINDING substance | 2 answers |
| Carborundum | 2 answers |
| Not at all gentle | 2 answers |
| Like pumice | 3 answers |
| scourer | 3 answers |
| grindstone | 4 answers |
| Like sandpaper | 4 answers |
| shagreen | 4 answers |
| Corundum | 9 answers |
| Scratchy | 10 answers |
| CAUSING ABRASION | 11 answers |
| Raspy | 21 answers |
| Screeching. | 23 answers |
| unmelodious | 24 answers |
| exasperating | 25 answers |
| grinding | 31 answers |
| Rasping | 35 answers |
| Brusque | 40 answers |
| Jarring | 43 answers |
| Irritating | 43 answers |
| Hoarse | 43 answers |
| shrill | 44 answers |
| inharmonious | 45 answers |
| Strident | 47 answers |
| Grating | 49 answers |
| Annoying | 65 answers |
| Discordant | 68 answers |
| Deeply felt | 75 answers |
| Dry | 83 answers |
| Harsh | 91 answers |
| Offensive | 92 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EAETR
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with ABRASIVE (5)
However, the digestive system of worms grinds food using soil particles as the abrasive grit in the same way birds "chew" in their crop.
One case contained a set of the abrasive materials, the most important of these being garnet, which is found in great quantities in the Adirondacks.
But, most curious of all, Slim's face was evenly marked by a perpendicular series of long, red scratches as though he had been dragged from stem to stern along a particularly abrasive gravel walk.
And in the potholes scooped by its whirling waters we recognise the abrasive action of the suspended sand upon the river bed.
Under this principle the impact of the face of the discharging jewel with the end of the gold spring should be confined to as small a surface as is consistent with what will not produce abrasive action.
Quotes with ABRASIVE (3)
When you depersonalize abrasive behavior and see it as a call for help you become a catalyst for the best kind of change.
Hating hurts the hater the most. Hating is not a salve for the wounded soul, it is an abrasive that keeps the soul wounded and raw and oversensitive.
Normal? I'm not normal enough for you?" Carlos says. "You want this guy instead? Did you notice his hair doesn't move? That's not normal. You want to date him again, go ahead. Hell, if you want to marry him and be Kiara Barra the rest of your life, be my guest.""That's not want I--""I don't want to hear it. Hasta," Carlos says, ignoring me and walking away. I feel my face heat in embarrassment as I look at Michael. "Sorry. Carlos can he abrasive sometimes.""Don't apologize. T…
Where this answer appears
Appears in: CrosSynergy, Custom, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY.
Used 19 times in crossword archives (1959–2021).