road rash
3
5.7
- noun
- /roʊd ræʃ/
:
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- I'd been postponing with the photographer for three weeks as bruises turned purple, green, then yellow, as road rash scabbed and flaked, and as skin beneath became red and angry at the surface.
- get road rash
- care for road rash
Examples
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I have also been rubbing it on my road rash scars to help them heal quicker and hopefully cut down on scarring.
Blog text (10) -
Significant road rash, but we can go home.
Blog text (2) -
In my case, it would have been nice to have a doc who knew a little more about road rash.
Blog text (11) -
I thought I was fine, other than a small but deep bit of road rash on my palm.
Blog text (15) -
Very lucky, he was uninjured except for just a quarter-size spot of road rash on his knee.
Blog text (2) -
I broke the bike's fall, took a cut on the shin from the rear derailleur, didn't feel a thing; same for a road rash on my left arm.
Fiction book (1991) -
When involved in a serious accident, the most common injuries faced by motorcycle riders include road rash, spinal cord injuries, broken bones, brain injuries, and even loss of limbs and life.
Blog text (33) -
He fell off his bike and ended up with road rash on his arm and legs.
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After crashing his skateboard, he had painful road rash on his elbows.
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She soon realized she had road rash after sliding across the pavement.
Synonyms
How Severe
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound 'road rash' is a straightforward composition where 'road' specifies the cause/location and 'rash' denotes a skin condition, so a learner who knows both words can reasonably infer it refers to a skin injury from contact with the road. Although 'rash' often evokes allergic spots, the modifier 'road' strongly signals a traumatic abrasion, a compositional pattern common across languages, making the phrase immediately comprehensible to B1 learners.
Etymology
Road rash comes from the clear image of someone falling and sliding along the road, scraping their skin so it becomes raw and sore. That's why road rash means 'an area of scraped or torn skin from falling or sliding on a hard surface like pavement'.