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Meanings of wear away in English

Catalan
desgastar-se

Become ground down or deteriorate.

desgastar-se
Portuguese
desgastar
Spanish
desgastar

Diminish, as by friction.

desgastar
Synonyms
Examples for "wear off"
Examples for "wear off"
1
Things went well enough and James' initial concerns began to wear off.
James Potter and the Vault of Destinies
2
The vaccine begins to wear off in many people after ten years.
The new yorker
3
Still, if Bridger's powers wear off, I wouldn't quite call that omnipotence.
Seven Surrenders
4
I'll stay at least as long as the Vicodin doesn't wear off.
Extracurricular activities
5
But as night set in, the initial shock began to wear off.
BBC

Cut away in small pieces.

Usage of wear away in English
1
I wear away the time, thinking constantly of him and only him.
Twenty-Two Goblins
2
After he comes in contact with other boys, this will wear away.
The Boy and the Sunday School / A Manual of Principle and Method...
3
That night passed: all nights-eventhe starless night before dissolution-mustwear away.
Villette
4
Why, the mill-stones wear away with rot more than with grinding corn.
Fruitfulness
5
I hoped that the idea would wear away but it didn't; it strengthened.
Up the Hill and Over
6
But even the effects of unholy snacks wear away at length.
The Story Girl
7
He went on: It will wear away as we know each other better.
The Price She Paid
8
The year will wear away at this rate, and nothing done.
A Book of English Prose / Part II, Arranged for Secondary and Hi...
9
But protesters have managed to gradually wear away at the defenses.
Reuters
10
Time will wear away the hallucination, if you women only hold your tongues.
Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters: A Novel
11
The bacteria slowly wear away the tissue in infected organs, usually the lungs.
The South African
12
Their aim is, to bring soul-vision, and to wear away hindrances.
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: The Book of the Spiritual Man
13
Nataly spied at Dudley's behaviour, and said: 'That will wear away.
One of Our Conquerors — Volume 4
14
The sun began to climb and the icy edge of dawn to wear away.
Desert Gold
15
The hours would wear away somehow, and meantime-Sidneywas resting.
As It Was in the Beginning
16
A very little dropping will wear away rock, if it only keep at it.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 59, September, 1862 / A Mag...
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Translations for wear away
Portuguese
desgastar
Wear away through the time
Wear away across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common