wear out English

Meaning wear out meaning

What does wear out mean?

wear out

— verb (= tire, wear) exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress We wore ourselves out on this hike

— verb (= wear) deteriorate through use or stress The constant friction wore out the cloth

— verb (= break, wear, fall apart) go to pieces The lawn mower finally broke The gears wore out The old chair finally fell apart completely

Synonyms wear out synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as wear out?

wear out English » English

exhaust

wear down

tire

wear

tire out

fatigue

weary

outwear

worn out

weaken

break

wear away

use up

fall apart

fag out

wear upon

wear off

tear

jade

fag

become worn out

wear on

go past

fray

deplete

decay

debilitate

consume

become old

wear up

wear thin

waste

torment

spend

run out

rag

play out

pass by

melt

make old

macerate

get torn

exhausted

enfeeble

drain

dissolve

bust

become dilapidated

attenuate

atrophy

Topics wear out topics

What do people use wear out to talk about?

Person Body condition

Tired

• What words refer to something making someone tired?
  tire out wear out exhaust tire do someone in it nearly killed me take it out of weary fatigue drain tax wear someone down work someone to death

Physical actions

Break, wear out

• What words refer to something wearing out?
  wear wear out deteriorate

Physical actions Break, wear out

Damage

• What words refer to using something for a long time until it is damaged?
  wear away wear out