All 4 Uses of
abrasive
in
Dune
- The others heard it then—an abrasive slithering, distant and growing louder.†
Book 1
- A new sound began to impress itself on them: a muted whisper, a hissing, an abrasive slithering.†
Book 2
- For as long as a forward edge of a worm's ring segment was held open by a hook, open to admit abrasive sand into the more sensitive interior, the creature would not retreat beneath the desert.†
Book 3
- The abrasive sound of their passage increased.†
Book 3 *
Definition:
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(abrasive as in: rub with an abrasive) a rough substance that can be rubbed against something else to polish or clean