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WEAR OUT
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
Example:
We wore ourselves out on this hike
Synonyms:
fag; fag out; fatigue; jade; outwear; tire; tire out; wear; wear down; wear out; wear upon; weary
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "wear out" is one way to...):
indispose (cause to feel unwell)
Cause:
fatigue; jade; pall; tire; weary (lose interest or become bored with something or somebody)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "wear out"):
beat; exhaust; tucker; tucker out; wash up (wear out completely)
overfatigue; overtire; overweary (tire excessively)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence example:
Sam cannot wear out Sue
Sense 2
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 out" is one way to...):
deteriorate (become worse or disintegrate)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "wear out"):
ablate (wear away through erosion or vaporization)
scuff (get or become scuffed)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 3
Meaning:
Go to pieces
Example:
The old chair finally fell apart completely
Synonyms:
break; bust; fall apart; wear; wear out
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "wear out" is one way to...):
crumble; decay; dilapidate (fall into decay or ruin)
Verb group:
break; bust (ruin completely)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "wear out"):
fray; frazzle (wear away by rubbing)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
