Wear Out

Definition: Wear Out

Wear Out

Verb

1. Exhaust or tire though overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike".

2. Go to pieces; "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely".

3. Deteriorate through use or stress; "The constant friction wore out the cloth".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Wear Out

Deterioration

Blight, rot; corrode, erode; wear away, wear out; gnaw, gnaw at the root of; sap, mine, undermine, shake, sap the foundations of, break up; disorganize, dismantle, dismast; destroy.

Exertion

Phrase: aide-toi le ciel t'aidera;" and still be doing, never done"; buen principio la mitad es hecha; cosa ben fatta e' fatta due volie;" it is better to wear out than to rust out"; labor omnia vincit "labor, wide as the earth, has its summit in Heaven"; le travail du corps delivre des peines de l'esprit; manu forti; ora et labora.

Fatigue

Fatigue, tire, weary, irk, flag, jade, harass, exhaust, knock up, wear out, prostrate.

Weariness

Verb: weary; tire; (fatigue); bore; bore to death, weary to death, tire to death, bore out of one's skull, bore out of one's life, weary out of one's life, tire out of one's life, bore out of all patience, weary out of all patience, wear out one's patience, tire out of all patience; set to sleep, send to sleep; buttonhole.

Crosswords: Wear Out

A good pair of running shoes you can also wear out to dinner (Angel; writing credit: Letícia Dornelles)

Constant use will wear out anything...especially friends. (references; author: unknown)

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Books

• Gifts that never wear out (reference)

• If You Wear Out Your Body, Where Will You Live?: The Little Book of Nourishment for Your Body, Mind, and Soul (reference)

  (more book examples)

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Blue jeans "will never wear out" : by Joseph Arthur, author of "The still alarm.". Credit: Library of Congress.

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

Never wear out.

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Health

These doctors think patients will wear out their muscles by overusing them in exercise activities. (references)

Business

The “fast-moving aftermarket” is characterized as components that are intended to be replaced in regular cycles or that wear out more rapidly. (references)

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

Expressions using "wear out": To wear out ♦ wear out by exertion ♦ wear out one's life in trifles ♦ wear out one's welcome. Additional references.

Afrikaans

afslyt (abrade, wear, wear away, wear off). (various references)

Albanian

vjetroj (age, date, wear down), telikos (weaken), sosem, lodh (badger, beat, fatigue, harass, irk, jade, overdo, overdrive, overstrain, overstrain oneself, strain, tire, try, Tucker, wear, wear down, work), konsumohem, hahet (pass, wane, wear down). (various references)

Arabic 

‏تآكل (abrasion, attrition, corrode, corrosion, erode, erosion, gnaw), ‏إستمر (continue, drive up, endure, get back, get going, get on, go ahead, go in, go on, hold, hold on, keep, keep going, keep on, last, persist, run on smth., sew on, subsist, take). (various references)

Bulgarian 

съсипвам (bust, prostrate, ruin, scathe, spifflicate, total, wear down, wrack), скъсвам (break, fail, plough, pluck, refer, rend, rip down, rip open, rupture, sever, snap, strand, tear, tear away, tear down, tear off, tear out), точа се (linger, roll, wear), охлузвам (fray, graze, rub sore), загубвам се (lose oneself), прекарвам скучно, прекарвам мудно, изчезвам (abscond, clear out, disappear, dissipate, evanesce, evanish, fall away, go, melt away, mosey, pass, pass away, pass off, shrink away, sweep away, tail, vanish, waste, whirl away, work off), изтърпявам (sustain), износвам се (wear), износвам (fatigue, outwear, wear, wear down), изморявам (fag, puff out, tire out, tucker, wear), издържам (endure, fend for, hold, hold on, hold out, keep, last, maintain, pass, receive, stand, subsist, support, sustain, take, withstand). (various references)

Czech

unavit (do up, exhaust, fatigue, tire, weary), opotřebovat (Hackney, wear, wear down), obnosit se, obnosit (waste). (various references)

Dutch

verslijten (use up, wear off), verslýten (abrade, use up, wear away, wear off), uitslijten (wear off), uitslýten (abrade, wear away, wear off), slijten (use up, wear off), slýten (abrade, use up, wear away, wear off), opgebruiken (use up), inrijden (wear down, wear off), inrýden (wear down, wear off), doorslijten (wear off), doorslýten (abrade, wear away, wear off), afslijten (wear down, wear off), afslýten (abrade, wear away, wear down, wear off), afdragen (convey, hand, hand over, pass, use up). (various references)

Esperanto

erodi (wear down, wear off), eluziĝi (wear away, wear off), eluzi (use up). (various references)

Finnish

väsyttää (exhaust, fatigue, tire, tire out), uuvuttaa (exhaust, fatigue, tire), uuvus (exhaust, fatigue, tire), kuluttaa consume loppuun (exhaust, use up), kulua loppuun (become worn out), käyttää loppuun (use up). (various references)

French

user (wear, wear down, wear off), roder (wear down, wear off). (various references)

Frisian

ôfsjouwe (use up). (various references)

German

verschleißen (abrade, chafe, to abrade, to chafe, use up). (various references)

Greek 

κατατρίβω (fritter), φθείρω (corruptible, spoil, vitiate, waste, wear, wear away, wear down), εξαντλώ (deplete, drain, exhaust, sap, short of, tire). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"לאות (exhaust, irk, tire, weary), ל�"תבלות (be destroyed, be worn out), ל�"שתחק, לרפט (fray, tatter). (various references)

Hungarian

elnyû, elhasználódik (to deteriorate, to waste, to wear away, to wear out). (various references)

Indonesian

mengauskan (cause something to wear out). (various references)

Italian

logorare (chafe, exhaust, frazzle, ruin, use up, waste, wear). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

草臥れる (to get tired, to wear out), 着古す (to wear out), � �れる (to get torn, to wear out), � �ける (to be frustrated, to break, to get torn, to wear out), �"�り切れる (to wear out), �"�り切る (to cut by rubbing, to spend all, to wear out), 摩り切れる (to wear out), 摩り切る (to cut by rubbing, to spend all, to wear out), 使い古す (to wear out), 使い切る (to exhaust, to use up, to wear out), 古す (to wear out), 古惚ける (to become musty, to look old, to wear out), 古ぼける (to become musty, to look old, to wear out), 切れる (to be disconnected, to be injured, to be out of, to be sharp, to be shrewd, to break, to burst, to collapse, to cut well, to expire, to have a sharp mind, to severwith, to snap, to wear out). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

すりきれる (to wear out), すりきる (to cut by rubbing, to spend all, to wear out), くたびれる (to get tired, to wear out), きふるす (to wear out), きれる (to be disconnected, to be injured, to be out of, to be sharp, to be shrewd, to break, to burst, to collapse, to cut well, to expire, to have a sharp mind, to severwith, to snap, to wear out), ふるす (former homes, old haunts, to wear out), ふるぼける (to become musty, to look old, to wear out), つかいきる (to exhaust, to use up, to wear out), つかいふるす (to wear out), やぶれる (to be defeated, to be unsuccessful, to get torn, to wear out), やぶける (to be frustrated, to break, to get torn, to wear out). (various references)

Maya

kaschah (to wear out). (various references)

Pig Latin

earway outay.(various references)

Portuguese

desgastar (abrade, chafe, corrode, fray, frazzle, fret, outwear, rub, wash out, waste, wear, wear down, wear off). (various references)

Romanian

se uza (fret, rub, spend, wear), se scurge (drain, dribble, ebb, elapse, flow, fly by, lapse, lapse away, pass, pass by, run, slip away, slip by, stream), se epuiza (break down, consume, give out), pune la încercare rãbdarea cuiva (exercise smb.'s patience). (various references)

Russian 

изнашивать (outwear, outwore, outworn, wear, wear down). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

pohabati se (fray), poderati (rip, tear), iznuriti (beat out, debilitate, drain, fag, jade, run down, tell on), iznositi (amount, number, take out, total). (various references)

Spanish

usar (consume, consummate, draw on, draw upon, employ, expend, explode, go through, make use of, to use, turn to account, use, use up, utilize, wear), desgastarse (abrade, wear away, wear down, wear off, wear through, weather), desgastar (abrade, fray, fret, grind down, outwear, wear, wear away, wear down, weather). (various references)

Swedish

utnöta (use up), matta ut, göra slut på (cut off, demolish, destroy, end, finish off, finish up, put the lid on, use up). (various references)

Turkish

yorulmak (be done, be tired, exhaust, fag, fatigue, feel tired, get tired, tire), yormak (attribute, cream, do in, do up, exhaust, fag, fag out, fatigue, frazzle, knock out, poop, prostrate, strain, take out, task, tax, tire, try, Tucker, tucker out, wearisome, weary), yıpranmak (consume away, corrode, fray, fray out, frazzle, rub off, waste away, wear away, wear down, wear off), tüketmek (consume, deplete, destroy, dispose of, drain, eat, eat up, erode, exhaust, expend, extinguish, finish, spend, swallow up, use up, waste, wear away, whittle away, whittle off, work out), tükenmek (be consumed away, be exhausted, come to an end, die off, die out, drain away, fail, go, peter out, play out, run out, waste, waste away, wear away), eskitmek (fret, ladder, outwear, wear away, wear down, wear off), eskimek (become old, date, frazzle, grow old, stale, wear away, wear down, wear off), canını çıkarmak (fag, fag out, tire out, tire to death, walk smb. off his feet), canı çıkmak (be exhausted, die, fag, peg out), bitmek (adore, be at an end, be out of smth., be very fond of, break off, break up, cease, come to an end, conclude, die down, drop, end, end off, end up, expire, fag, finish, lapse, lay off, leave off, quit, run out, sprout, stop, surcease, terminate, vegetate), aşınmak (be abraded, be eroded, chafe, consume away, fine away, fine down, fine off, fray, fray out, rub off, wash away, wash off, waste, waste away, wear away, wear down, wear off). (various references)

Turkmen 

tozmak (be bankrupt), tьяdь, sьzьlmek (close eyes, stick togehter), lejini зykarmak, kцnelmek (be worn out). (various references)

Ukrainian

вичерпуватися (spend oneself, wane), зістарітися. (various references)

adteratur, adterentur, adterere, adtereret, adteretur, adteritis, adtrita, adtriti, adtritis, adtritum, adtritus, adtriverat, adtrivisti, adtrivit, conteram, conteramus, conterantur, conteras, conterat, conteratis, conteratur, contere, conterebam, conterendam, conterendos, conterendum, conterens, conterent, conterentur, conterere, contererentur, contereret, contereris, conteres, conteret, conteretur, conteris, conteritis, conteritur, conterunt, contrita, contritae, contritaeque, contriti, contritis, contrito, contritos, contritum, contritus, contriverim, contriverit, contrivero, contriverunt, contrivi, contrivisset, contrivisti, contrivit, exterant, exterat, exterent, extergent, extrita, lassarentur, lassas, lassata, lassati, lasso, senesco, subtritus, ter, terebat, terens, terentis, terit, tero, tero trivi tritum, tero, trivi, tritum, teruntur, trieris, tristis, trita, tritam, tritura, triturae, trituram, trivi. (various references)

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

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

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: outwear.

-1 letter: outwar.

-2 letters: oater, orate, outer, outre, route, tawer, tower, urate, water, wrote.

-3 letters: aero, auto, euro, rate, rato, rota, rote, roue, rout, tare, taro, tear, toea, tora, tore, tour, trow, true, twae, urea, ware, wart, waur, wear, wert, wore, wort.

-4 letters: are, art, ate, awe, ear, eat, eau, era, eta, oar, oat, ora, ore.

+1 letter: outsware, outswear, outwears, outweary, routeway.

+2 letters: outerwear, outswears, outwarred, routeways.

+3 letters: autoworker, outbrawled, outcrawled, outlawries, outwearied, outwearies, outwearing, waterspout, whereabout.

+4 letters: autoworkers, equatorward, groundwater, outswearing, outwardness, outwearying, unseaworthy, watercourse, waterspouts, whereabouts.

+5 letters: groundwaters, untowardness, watercourses.