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English verb: wear out | |||
| 1. | wear out (body) exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress | ||
| Samples | We wore ourselves out on this hike. | ||
| Examples | Sam cannot wear out Sue | ||
| Synonyms | fag, fag out, fatigue, jade, outwear, tire, tire out, wear, wear down, wear upon, 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 | ||
| 2. | wear out (contact) go to pieces | ||
| Samples | The lawn mower finally broke. The gears wore out. The old chair finally fell apart completely. | ||
| Synonyms | break, bust, fall apart, wear | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | crumble, decay, dilapidate | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | fray, frazzle | ||
| Verb group | break, bust | ||
| 3. | wear out (change) deteriorate through use or stress | ||
| Samples | The constant friction wore out the cloth. | ||
| Synonyms | wear, wear down, wear off, wear thin | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | deteriorate | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ablate, scuff | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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