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Feed Abrasively

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noun

• a superficial abrasion

• the act of grazing

verb

• feed as in a meadow or pasture

• break the skin (of a body part) by scraping

• let feed in a field or pasture or meadow

• scrape gently

• eat lightly, try different dishes

39%11 Acting abrasively
adverb

• in an aggressively truculent manner

• in a defiantly truculent manner

39%8Abrasively rubbing a surface to make it smooth
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