WEAR OUT

Pronunciation (US):

• WEAR OUT (verb)
  The verb WEAR OUT has 3 senses:

1. exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
2. go to pieces
3. deteriorate through use or stress

  Familiarity information: WEAR OUT used as a verb is uncommon.

• WEAR OUT (verb)

Meaning:

Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

weary; wear out; wear down; tire out; wear upon; fag out; outwear; jade; fatigue; tire; fag; wear

Context example:

We wore ourselves out on this hike

Hypernyms (to "wear out" is one way to...):

indispose (cause to feel unwell)

Cause:

fatigue; jade; pall; tire; weary (get tired of something or somebody)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "wear out"):

beat; exhaust; tucker; tucker out; wash up (wear out completely)

overfatigue; overtire; overweary (tire excessively)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sentence example:

Sam cannot wear out Sue

Meaning:

Go to pieces

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

fall apart; wear out; bust; wear; break

Context examples:

The lawn mower finally broke / The gears wore out / The old chair finally fell apart completely

Hypernyms (to "wear out" is one way to...):

crumble; decay; delapidate (fall into decay or ruin)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "wear out"):

fray; frazzle (wear away by rubbing)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Meaning:

Deteriorate through use or stress

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

wear thin; wear off; wear down; wear out; wear

Context example:

The constant friction wore out the cloth

Hypernyms (to "wear out" is one way to...):

deteriorate (become worse or disintegrate)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "wear out"):

ablate (wear away through erosion or vaporization)

scuff (get or become scuffed)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something