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wear out

2 syllables

Quick answer

As a verb, wear out means exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress.

Meanings of wear out

3 meanings

verb

Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stressbody
“We wore ourselves out on this hike”
Similar: tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade
Go to pieces
“The lawn mower finally broke”
“The gears wore out”
“The old chair finally fell apart completely”
Similar: break, wear, bust, fall apart
Deteriorate through use or stress
“The constant friction wore out the cloth”
Similar: wear, wear off, wear down, wear thin

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

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verb: exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or s…

tirewear upontire outwear weary jade outwear wear down

verb: go to pieces

break wear bust fall apart

verb: deteriorate through use or stress

wear wear off wear downwear thin

Nearby words

weaponry weapons-grade wear wear away wear down wear off wearable wearer wearied wearily weariness wearing