wear down
11wear down — Synonyms and related words: ablate, abrade, affect, argue into, beat, bend, bias, bring over, bring round, bring to reason, burn out, captivate, charm, color, con, convince, debilitate, dispose, do in, do up, drain, draw over, enervate, erode,… …
12wear down — verb a) To cause (someone) physical or mental fatigue. The eight hour shift in the mine began to wear Tim down after a few months. b) To have ones long hair styled in a free, low hanging, unencumbered style; i.e., not in an up do or ponytail. For …
13wear down — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To become worn] Syn. wear out, get thin, get worn out; see decrease 1 , waste 3 . 2. [To make weary] Syn. exhaust, get the better of, reduce, beat; see defeat 1 , 3 , tire 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb To diminish the …
14wear down — he wore down her resistance Syn: gradually overcome, slowly reduce, erode, wear away, exhaust, undermine …
15wear down — 1) make something become less useful or smaller or weaker by wearing or aging Little by little the water wore down the rocks at the edge of the river. 2) exhaust or tire someone out He was worn down after the meeting that took seven hours …
16wear down — Scottish to grow old Physically accurate and an allusion to the burdens of a long life: I and my Jenny are baith wearin down. (Rodger, 1838) …
17wear down — transitive verb Date: 1774 to weary and overcome by persistent resistance or pressure …
18wear down — exhaust; win through perseverance …
19wear — [n] use, corrosion abrasion, attrition, damage, depreciation, deterioration, dilapidation, diminution, disappearance, employment, erosion, friction, impairment, inroads, loss, mileage, service, usefulness, utility, waste, wear and tear; concepts… …
20wear — wear1 [wer] vt. wore, worn, wearing [ME weren < OE werian, akin to ON verja, Goth wasjan, to clothe < IE base * wes , to clothe > Sans vastra , L vestis, clothing, vestire, to clothe] 1. a) to have on the body or carry on the person… …
