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WEAR OFF
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Deteriorate through use or stress
Example:
The constant friction wore out the cloth
Synonyms:
wear; wear down; wear off; wear out; wear thin
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "wear off" is one way to...):
deteriorate (become worse or disintegrate)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "wear off"):
ablate (wear away through erosion or vaporization)
scuff (get or become scuffed)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Diminish, as by friction
Example:
Erosion wore away the surface
Synonyms:
wear away; wear off
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "wear off" is one way to...):
remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "wear off"):
abrade; abrase; corrade; rub down; rub off (wear away)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
