sanding (?.)

• ablation
• abrasion
• abrasive
• attrition
• buffing
• burnishing
• chafe
• chafing
• detrition
• dressing
• erasure
• erosion
• filing
• fretting
• galling
• grazing
• grinding
• limation
• polishing
• rasping
• rubbing away
• sandblasting
• scouring
• scrape
• scraping
• scratch
• scratching
• scrub
• scrubbing
• scuff
• shining
• smoothing
• wear
• wearing away