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11wear thin — {v.} 1. To become thin from use, wearing, or the passing of time. * /My old pair of pants has worn thin at the knees./ * /This old dime has worn very thin./ 2. To grow less, or less interesting; decrease. * /The joke began to wear thin when you… …
12wear\ thin — v 1. To become thin from use, wearing, or the passing of time. My old pair of pants has worn thin at the knees. This old dime has worn very thin. 2. To grow less, or less interesting; decrease. The joke began to wear thin when you heard it too… …
13wear thin — 1) become thin from use or the passing of time The silver dollar had begun to wear thin after it was in use for many years. 2) grow less or less interesting or believable His excuses have begun to wear thin after he keeps using the same ones over …
14a thick/thin skin — (a) thick/thin skin ◇ If you have (a) thin skin, you are easily upset or offended by the things other people say or do. He has such a thin skin that he can t even take a little good natured teasing. If you have (a) thick skin, you are not easily… …
15thick/thin skin — (a) thick/thin skin ◇ If you have (a) thin skin, you are easily upset or offended by the things other people say or do. He has such a thin skin that he can t even take a little good natured teasing. If you have (a) thick skin, you are not easily… …
16wear thin — be worn out, grow shabby from frequent use; wear out, grow shabby from frequent use …
17Atomic layer epitaxy — (ALE), now more generally called Atomic Layer Deposition, is a specialized form of epitaxy that typically deposit alternating monolayers of two elements onto a substrate. The crystal lattice structure achieved is thin, uniform, and aligned with… …
18Vance Thompson — (April 17, 1863 June 5, 1925) was an American literary critic, novelist and poet. The son of a Pittsburgh pastor, he was educated at Princeton University and graduated in 1883. He later studied in Germany, and worked as a dramatic critic in New… …
19macerate — [mas′ər āt΄] vt. macerated, macerating [< L maceratus, pp. of macerare, to make soft or tender, weaken, harass < IE base * māk , to knead > Latvian màcu, to squeeze] 1. to soften and break down into component parts by soaking in liquid… …
20Pea — Taxobox name = Pea image width = 240px image caption = Peas are contained within a pod regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta unranked classis = eudicots ordo = Fabales familia = Fabaceae subfamilia = Faboideae tribus = Vicieae genus = Pisum… …
