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Verb
Present participle for to smooth by rubbing or applying friction
rubbing
buffing
grinding
rasping
polishing
filing
abrading
smoothing
scraping
scouring
honing
sandpapering
rubbing down
grinding down
wearing away
wearing down
burnishing
grating
shining
furbishing
scrubbing
chafing
razing
excoriating
eroding
brushing
finishing
scuffing
refining
pumicing
scratching
buffing up
scoring
grazing
barking
peeling
rubbing up
sanding down
buffing out
skinning
washing
cleaning
shaping
fraying
cleansing
galling
waxing
dressing
wearing
levellingUK
levelingUS
frazzling
wiping
roughening
engraving
smoothening
fretting
shaving
corrading
tattering
varnishing
glossing
rounding
mopping
scuffing up
lacerating
flaying
stripping
etching
corroding
preparing
sheening
lustering
lustring
flushing
impairing
paring
thinning
rubbing raw
cutting
wounding
triturating
flaking
whitening
purging
glazing
slicking
rolling
sleeking
dighting
polishing up
damaging
putting on a finish
putting a shine on
wearing out
clearing
perfecting
biting into
gnawing away at
scraping away
wearing to shreds
irritating
removing
dragging
husking
decorticating
hulling
shucking
nicking
rubbing against
rubbing painfully
shelling
marking
scarifying
hurting
rubbing off
eating away at
rubbing away
making a mark on
dehulling
extracting
fleecing
pinching
raking
burning
snicking
scuffling
deskinning
excorticating
scaling
breaking the skin of
keying
frotting
incising
gashing
gouging
grooving
shearing
taking off
inflaming
scrawling on
scrabbling
pricking
shuffling
blistering
scalping
peeling away
planing
stripping away
flensing
whittling
slicing
stripping the skin off
removing the skin from
slivering
erasing
consuming
wasting
dissolving
deteriorating
crumbling
using
decaying
wearing off
undermining
overusing
bothering
weathering
fading
taxing
overworking
scraping out
eating away
wearing thin
becoming worn
worn through
gnawing away
washing away
wasting away
becoming threadbare
grinding away
crumbling away
scraping off
cutting down
using up
going to seed
cleaning out
descaling
“It is best to sand the surface to a rough finish to achieve the desired look.”
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