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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shuffle |
| Synonyms: | break the deck, change, change the order, confuse, disarrange, disarray, discompose, dislocate, disorder, disorganize, disrupt, disturb, intermix, jumble, mess up*, scuffle, shamble, shift |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | abrasion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | scraped area |
| Synonyms: | chafe, injury, scrape, scratch, scuff |
| Notes: | abrasion is the process of wearing down or rubbing away by means of friction; corrosion is the act or process of destroying a metal or alloy gradually, especially by oxidation or chemical action; erosion is any of a group of natural processes, including weathering, dissolution, abrasion, corrosion, and transportation, by which material is worn away from the earth's surface |
| Main Entry: | clump |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thumping noise |
| Synonyms: | clatter, clomp, galumph, scuff, stomp, stumble, thud |
| Main Entry: | clump |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make thumping noise |
| Synonyms: | barge, bumble, clatter, clomp, galumph, hobble, limp, lumber, plod, scuff, stamp, stomp, stumble, stump, thud, thump, tramp |
| Main Entry: | gall |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rub raw |
| Synonyms: | abrade, bark, burn, chafe, corrode, erode, excoriate, file, fray, frazzle, fret, grate, graze, irritate, scrape, scratch, scuff, skin, wear |
| Main Entry: | grate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shred, grind down |
| Synonyms: | abrade, bark, bray, file, fray, gall, mince, pound, pulverize, rasp, raze, rub, scrape, scratch, scuff, skin, triturate |
| Main Entry: | hobble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | limp |
| Synonyms: | clump, dodder, falter, halt, hitch, scuff, shuffle, stagger, stumble, totter |
| Antonyms: | go, move, run, walk |
| Main Entry: | limp |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk with faltering step |
| Synonyms: | clump, dodder, falter, flag, gimp, halt, hitch, hobble, hop, lag, scuff, shamble, shuffle, stagger, stumble, teeter, totter, waddle, walk lamely |
| Main Entry: | scrape |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | scratch, remove outer layer |
| Synonyms: | abrade, bark, bray, chafe, clean, erase, file, grate, graze, grind, irritate, pare, peel, rasp, rub, scour, scuff, shave, skin, squeak, thin, triturate |
| Antonyms: | smoothe |
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