Synonyms of the word

detrition

• n. attrition; erosion by friction.

abrasion

• n. The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction.
• n. (obsolete) The substance thus rubbed off; debris.
• n. (geology) The effect of mechanical erosion of rock, especially a river bed, by rock fragments scratching…
• n. An abraded, scraped, or worn area.
• n. (medicine) A superficial wound caused by scraping; an area of skin where the cells on the surface have…
• n. (dentistry) The wearing away of the surface of the tooth by chewing.

attrition

• n. Wearing or grinding down by friction.
• n. The gradual reduction in a tangible or intangible resource due to causes that are passive and do not involve…
• n. (human resources) A gradual, natural reduction in membership or personnel, as through retirement, resignation,…
• n. (sciences) The loss of participants during an experiment.
• n. (theology) Imperfect contrition or remorse.
• n. (dentistry) The wearing of teeth due to their grinding.
• n. (linguistics) The loss of a first or second language or a portion of that language.

corrasion

• n. wear caused by wind-blown or water-borne sand.
• n. wear caused by stream-borne or glacier-borne stones.
• n. wear caused by collisions between stones under the influence of seaside breakers.

effort

• n. The work involved in performing an activity; exertion.
• n. An endeavour.
• n. A force acting on a body in the direction of its motion.
• v. (uncommon, intransitive) To make an effort.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To stimulate.

eroding

• v. present participle of erode.

erosion

• n. (uncountable) The result of having been worn away or eroded, as by a glacier on rock or the sea on a cliff…
• n. (uncountable) The changing of a surface by mechanical action, friction, thermal expansion contraction,…
• n. (uncountable, figuratively) The gradual loss of something as a result of an ongoing process.
• n. (uncountable) Destruction by abrasive action of fluids.
• n. (mathematics, image processing) One of two fundamental operations in morphological image processing from…
• n. (dentistry) Loss of tooth enamel due to non-bacteriogenic chemical processes.
• n. (medicine) A shallow ulceration or lesion, usually involving skin or epithelial tissue.

exertion

• n. An expenditure of physical or mental effort.

friction

• n. The rubbing of one object or surface against another.
• n. Conflict, as between persons having dissimilar ideas or interests; clash.
• n. (physics) A force that resists the relative motion or tendency to such motion of two bodies in contact.

grinding

• v. present participle of grind.
• n. The action of grinding together or crushing into small particles.
• n. (dance) A form of dance in which two people rub their bodies together.
• n. (online gaming) Repeatedly performing the same quest or similar in-game activity in order to amass points…
• adj. Of or pertaining to the act or sound of grinding.

rubbing

• n. An impression of an embossed or incised surface made by placing a piece of paper over it and rubbing with…
• v. present participle of rub.

sweat

• n. Fluid that exits the body through pores in the skin usually due to physical stress and/or high temperature…
• n. (Britain, slang, military slang, especially WWI) A soldier (especially one who is old or experienced).
• n. (historical) The sweating sickness.
• n. Moisture issuing from any substance.
• n. A short run by a racehorse as a form of exercise.
• v. (intransitive) To emit sweat.
• v. (transitive) To cause to excrete moisture from the skin; to cause to perspire.
• v. (intransitive, informal) To work hard.
• v. (transitive, informal) To extract money, labour, etc. from, by exaction or oppression.
• v. (intransitive, informal) To worry.
• v. (transitive, colloquial) To worry about (something).
• v. (transitive) To emit, in the manner of sweat.
• v. (intransitive) To emit moisture.
• v. (intransitive, plumbing) To solder (a pipe joint) together.
• v. (transitive, slang) To stress out.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To cook slowly in shallow oil without browning.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To remove a portion of (a coin), as by shaking it with others in a bag, so that…

travail

• n. (archaic) Arduous or painful exertion; excessive labor, suffering, hardship.
• n. Specifically, the labor of childbirth.
• n. (obsolete, countable) An act of working; labor (US), labour (British).
• n. (obsolete) The eclipse of a celestial object.
• n. Obsolete form of travel.
• n. Alternative form of travois (“a kind of sled”).
• v. To toil.
• v. To go through the labor of childbirth.

wearing

• adj. intended to be worn.
• adj. causing tiredness.
• adj. causing erosion.
• n. The mechanical process of eroding or grinding.
• n. The act by which something is worn.
• n. That which is worn; clothes; garments.
• v. present participle of wear.