friction

Pronunciation:			'frikshun
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Matching Terms:			friction clutch, friction feed, friction match, friction tape, frictional, frictionless
WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[n]  effort expended in rubbing one object against another [n]  the resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another [n]  a state of conflict between persons
	Synonyms:		clash, detrition, rubbing, rubbing
	See Also:		abrasion, adhesive friction, attrition, attrition, conflict, detrition, effort, elbow grease, exertion, grinding, grip, resistance, sweat, traction, travail
Thesaurus Terms
	Related Terms:		abrading, abrasion, animosity, antagonism, antipathy, argument, attrition, backlash, bad blood, belligerence, bickering, caressing, chafing, clash, clashing, collision, competition, conflict, confutation, contention, contradiction, contraposition, contrariety, contrariness, controversy, counteraction, counterposition, counterworking, crankiness, cross-purposes, crotchetiness, despitefulness, disaccord, disaffinity, disagreement, discord, discordance, discordancy, Discordia, disharmony, dispute, dissension, dissent, enmity, Eris, erosion, feeling, fingering, fractiousness, fretting, fricative, frictional, frottage, grating, handling, hate, hatred, hostility, ill feeling, ill will, incompatibility, incompatibleness, inharmoniousness, inharmony, inimicalness, interference, jangle, jar, kick, malevolence, malice, malignity, manipulation, mischief, negativeness, nonconformity, noncooperation, obstinacy, open conflict, opposition, opposure, oppugnance, oppugnancy, palpation, perverseness, petting, pressure, quarrelsomeness, reaction, recalcitrance, recoil, refractoriness, renitency, repercussion, repugnance, resistance, revolt, rivalry, rub, rubbing, scraping, spite, spitefulness, strained relations, strife, stroking, swimming upstream, tension, touching, uncooperativeness, unharmoniousness, unpleasantness, vying, wrangling