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wear down
Overview of verb wear-down
The verb wear down has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue -- (exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike")
2. wear, wear off, wear out, wear down, wear thin -- (deteriorate through use or stress; "The constant friction wore out the cloth")
Antonyms of verb wear-down
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb wear-down
2 senses of wear down
Sense 1
tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue
=> indispose
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 2
wear, wear off, wear out, wear down, wear thin
=> deteriorate
=> decay, crumble, delapidate
=> change
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb wear-down
2 senses of wear down
Sense 1
tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue
=> exhaust, wash up, beat, tucker, tucker out
=> overtire, overweary, overfatigue
Sense 2
wear, wear off, wear out, wear down, wear thin
=> ablate
=> scuff
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb wear-down
2 senses of wear down
Sense 1
tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue
=> indispose
Sense 2
wear, wear off, wear out, wear down, wear thin
=> deteriorate
'Cause To' of verb wear-down
1 of 2 senses of wear down
Sense 1
tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue
=> tire, pall, weary, fatigue, jade
Derived Forms of verb wear-down
Domain of verb wear-down
Domain Terms of verb wear-down
Familiarity of verb wear-down
wear down used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb wear-down
2 senses of wear down
Sense 1
tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue
EX: Sam cannot wear down Sue
Sense 2
wear, wear off, wear out, wear down, wear thin
*> Something ----s
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb wear-down
2 senses of wear down
Sense 1
tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue
> indispose
=> hurt
=> constipate, bind
=> tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue
Sense 2
wear, wear off, wear out, wear down, wear thin
> deteriorate
=> go to pot, go to the dogs
=> wear, wear off, wear out, wear down, wear thin
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb wear-down
Sense 1
tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue
=> indispose
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Sense 2
wear, wear off, wear out, wear down, wear thin
=> deteriorate
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