TO WEAR OFF

  

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TO WEAR OFF

Definition: TO WEAR OFF

TO WEAR OFF

1. To pass away by degrees; as, the follies of youth wear off with age.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Crosswords: TO WEAR OFF

English words defined with "TO WEAR OFF": To take acquaintance of. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: TO WEAR OFF

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Other more troubling and distressing problems may occur with long-term levodopa use. Patients may begin to notice more pronounced symptoms before their first dose of medication in the morning, and they can feel when each dose begins to wear off (muscle spasms are a common effect). (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Modern Translation: TO WEAR OFF

Language Translations for "TO WEAR OFF"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Hungarian

  

megszokottá válik, lekoptat (to abrade, to fray, to wear down, wear down, wear off), lekopik (to abrade, to wear down), elmosódik (fade, slur, to grow dim, to slur, wear off). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

冷める (to abate, to become cool, to come down, to cool down, to dampen, to subside). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

さめる (to abate, to awake, to become cool, to come down, to come to one's senses, to cool down, to dampen, to discolour, to fade, to get sober, to subside, to wake, to wake up). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

otay earway offay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: TO WEAR OFF

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-f-f-o-o-r-t-w"

-1 letter: footwear.

-3 letters: effort, foetor, footer, twofer, wafter, woofer.

-4 letters: afoot, afore, after, fetor, forte, oater, offer, ofter, orate, tawer, tower, wafer, water, wooer, wrote.

-5 letters: aero, fare, faro, fart, fate, fear, feat, feta, foot, fora, fore, fort, frae, frat, fret, froe, frow, raff, raft, rate, rato, reft, roof, root, rota, rote, roto, tare, taro.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: TO WEAR OFF


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 4F      57 45 41 52      4F 46 46

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01001111 00100000 01010111 01000101 01000001 01010010 00100000 01001111 01000110 01000110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#79 &#32 &#87 &#69 &#65 &#82 &#32 &#79 &#70 &#70

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 004F      0057 0045 0041 0052      004F 0046 0046

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

54492573935522494040

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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