wear-out time
1wear out your welcome — wear out (your/its) welcome to stay somewhere too long, making people tired of seeing you. By the time Buzz left, he had worn out his welcome with almost everyone. The TV comedy hasn t worn out its welcome, probably because its characters are so… …
2wear out its welcome — wear out (your/its) welcome to stay somewhere too long, making people tired of seeing you. By the time Buzz left, he had worn out his welcome with almost everyone. The TV comedy hasn t worn out its welcome, probably because its characters are so… …
3wear out — 1) PHR V ERG When something wears out or when you wear it out, it is used so much that it becomes thin or weak and unable to be used any more. [V P] Every time she consulted her watch, she wondered if the batteries were wearing out... [V n P]… …
4wear out — verb Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. tire, exhaust 2. to make useless especially by long or hard usage 3. erase, efface 4. to endure through ; outlast < wear out a storm > 5. to consume (as time) …
5wear — 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… …
6Wear leveling — (also written wear levelling) is a technique[1] for prolonging the service life of some kinds of erasable computer storage media, such as Flash memory used in solid state drives (SSDs) and USB Flash drives. There are a few wear leveling… …
7out|wear — «owt WAIR», transitive verb, wore, worn, wear|ing. 1. to wear longer than; be useful or serviceable for a greater time than: »Some plastics can outwear leather. I have made a Calender for every yeare, That steele in strength, and time in durance …
8wear — ► VERB (past wore; past part. worn) 1) have on one s body as clothing, decoration, or protection. 2) exhibit or present (a particular facial expression or appearance). 3) damage or destroy or suffer damage or destruction by friction or use. 4)… …
9wear — 1 verb past tense wore past participle worn 1 ON YOUR BODY (T) to have something such as clothes, shoes, or jewellery on your body: I m going to wear a black dress and my diamond earrings. | Why aren t you wearing your glasses? | wear a seatbelt… …
10wear — wear1 W1S1 [weə US wer] v past tense wore [wo: US wo:r] past participle worn [wo:n US wo:rn] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(on your body)¦ 2¦(hair)¦ 3¦(damage)¦ 4 wear well 5¦(expression)¦ 6 something is wearing thin 7 wear the trousers …
