English verb: wear upon | |||
| 1. | wear upon (body) exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress | ||
| Samples | We wore ourselves out on this hike. | ||
| Synonyms | fag, fag out, fatigue, jade, outwear, tire, tire out, wear, wear down, wear out, weary | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | indispose | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | beat, exhaust, overfatigue, overtire, overweary, tucker, tucker out, wash up | ||
| Cause | fatigue, jade, pall, tire, weary | ||
| Antonyms | refreshen, freshen, refresh | ||