Term: attrition: the act of rubbing together; wearing something down by friction
Candidate hypernym: friction: effort expended in moving one object over another with pressure → 1
Candidate hypernym: cocklebur: any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs → 0
Candidate hypernym: mesophyte: land plant growing in surroundings having an average supply of water; compare xerophyte and hydrophyte → 0
Candidate hypernym: airmail: letters and packages that are transported by aircraft → 0
Candidate hypernym: keeled garlic: Eurasian bulbous plant → 0
Candidate hypernym: semen: the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract → 0
Candidate hypernym: very low frequency: 3 to 30 kilohertz → 0
Candidate hypernym: protriptyline: tricyclic antidepressant used to treat clinical depression → 0
Candidate hypernym: ichthyosis: any of several congenital diseases in which the skin is dry and scaly like a fish → 0
Candidate hypernym: handset: telephone set with the mouthpiece and earpiece mounted on a single handle → 0
Candidate hypernym: pindolol: an oral beta blocker (trade name Visken) used in treating hypertension → 0