WEAR OFF
Dictionary entry overview: What does wear off mean?
• WEAR OFF (verb)
The verb WEAR OFF has 2 senses:
1. deteriorate through use or stress
2. diminish, as by friction
Familiarity information: WEAR OFF used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• WEAR OFF (verb)
Meaning:
Deteriorate through use or stress
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
wear off; wear thin; wear down; wear out; wear
Context example:
The constant friction wore out the cloth
Hypernyms (to "wear off" is one way to...):
deteriorate (become worse or disintegrate)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "wear off"):
ablate (wear away through erosion or vaporization)
scuff (get or become scuffed)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Diminish, as by friction
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
wear away; wear off
Context example:
Erosion wore away the surface
Hypernyms (to "wear off" is one way to...):
remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "wear off"):
abrade; abrase; corrade; rub down; rub off (wear away)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
