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Related / Similar Words: tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue, wear off, wear thin, break, bust, fall apart

 

Definition:
  • exhaust or tire through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike";
  • deteriorate through use or stress; "The constant friction wore out the cloth";
  • go to pieces; "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely";

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    See Also: wear away, wear off, whittle away, whittle down, chip, chip off, come off, break away, break off, crash, break up, break apart

     

    Hyponyms: exhaust, wash up, beat, tucker, tucker out, overtire, overweary, overfatigue, ablate, scuff, fray, frazzle

     

    Grouped Verbs: break, bust

     

    Derivational Morphology: fatigue, weariness, tiredness, hack, jade, nag, plug, wear

     

    Anagrams: outwear

     
     
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