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wear away

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  • verb to erode gradually and progressively

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb diminish, as by friction
  • verb cut away in small pieces
  • verb become ground down or deteriorate

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synonyms (209)

Words with the same meaning

  1. abate
  2. ablate
  3. abrade
  4. abrase
  5. absorb
  6. abstract
  7. assimilate
  8. atomize
  9. bark
  10. bate
  11. be all over
  12. be consumed
  13. be eaten away
  14. be gone
  15. be no more
  16. become extinct
  17. become void
  18. bite
  19. bleed white
  20. blow over
  21. break
  22. break up
  23. burn up
  24. cave in
  25. cease
  26. cease to be
  27. cease to exist
  28. chafe
  29. collapse
  30. come apart
  31. come unstuck
  32. conk out
  33. consume
  34. consume away
  35. corrode
  36. crack up
  37. crumble
  38. crumble into dust
  39. curtail
  40. decay
  41. decline
  42. decompose
  43. decrease
  44. deduct
  45. deliquesce
  46. dematerialize
  47. depart
  48. deplete
  49. depreciate
  50. derogate
  51. detract
  52. die
  53. die away
  54. die out
  55. digest
  56. diminish
  57. disappear
  58. disintegrate
  59. disjoin
  60. disorganize
  61. disparage
  62. dispel
  63. disperse
  64. dissipate
  65. dissolve
  66. dive
  67. do a fade-out
  68. drain
  69. drain of resources
  70. dribble away
  71. droop
  72. drop
  73. drop off
  74. dwindle
  75. eat
  76. eat away
  77. eat up
  78. ebb
  79. erase
  80. erode
  81. evanesce
  82. evaporate
  83. exhaust
  84. exit
  85. expend
  86. expire
  87. extract
  88. fade
  89. fade away
  90. fade out
  91. fail
  92. faint
  93. fall
  94. fall away
  95. fall off
  96. fall to pieces
  97. file
  98. file away
  99. finish
  100. finish off
  101. fission
  102. fizzle out
  103. flag
  104. flee
  105. fly
  106. fray
  107. frazzle
  108. fret
  109. gall
  110. give out
  111. give way
  112. gnaw
  113. gnaw away
  114. go
  115. go away
  116. go downhill
  117. go out
  118. go soft
  119. go to pieces
  120. gobble
  121. gobble up
  122. grate
  123. graze
  124. grind
  125. have it
  126. have its time
  127. hide
  128. hit the skids
  129. impair
  130. impoverish
  131. ingest
  132. languish
  133. lapse
  134. leach
  135. leave no trace
  136. leave the scene
  137. lessen
  138. let up
  139. melt
  140. melt away
  141. molder
  142. pass
  143. pass away
  144. pass out
  145. peg out
  146. perish
  147. peter out
  148. pine
  149. plummet
  150. plunge
  151. poop out
  152. purify
  153. rasp
  154. raze
  155. reduce
  156. refine
  157. remove
  158. retire from sight
  159. retrench
  160. rub away
  161. rub off
  162. rub out
  163. run its course
  164. run low
  165. run out
  166. sag
  167. scour
  168. scrape
  169. scrub
  170. scuff
  171. shorten
  172. shrink
  173. sink
  174. sink away
  175. skin
  176. spend
  177. split
  178. squander
  179. subduct
  180. subside
  181. subtract
  182. suck dry
  183. suffer an eclipse
  184. swallow
  185. swallow up
  186. tail off
  187. take away
  188. take from
  189. tatter
  190. thin
  191. thin out
  192. use up
  193. vanish
  194. vanish from sight
  195. wane
  196. waste
  197. waste away
  198. weaken
  199. wear
  200. wear down
  201. wear off
  202. wear out
  203. wear ragged
  204. wear thin
  205. weather
  206. weed
  207. wilt
  208. withdraw
  209. yield

hypernyms (4)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. crumble
  2. damage
  3. decay
  4. dilapidate

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