detrition
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
erosion by friction
Types & categories
- wearing hypernym
Related & opposite
- rub down derivation
- attritional derivation
Sense 2 noun
the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice
Types & categories
- rubbing hypernym
Related & opposite
- comminute derivation
- rub down derivation
- attritional derivation
Sense 3 noun
effort expended in moving one object over another with pressure
Types & categories
- elbow grease hypernym
- attrition hyponym
Related & opposite
- rub derivation
- frictional derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | rub down |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | attritional |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | wearing |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | comminute |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | rub down |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | attritional |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | rubbing |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | rub |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | frictional |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | elbow grease |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | attrition |