"wear off" meaning in English

See wear off in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: wears off [present, singular, third-person], wearing off [participle, present], wore off [past], worn off [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|wear<,,wore,worn> off}} wear off (third-person singular simple present wears off, present participle wearing off, simple past wore off, past participle worn off)
  1. (intransitive) to diminish in effect Tags: intransitive Translations (to diminish in effect): s’atténuer (French), s’estomper (French), 消える (kieru) (Japanese), przechodzić [imperfective] (Polish), przejść [perfective] (Polish), zanikać [imperfective] (Polish), zaniknąć [perfective] (Polish), смягча́ться (smjaxčátʹsja) (Russian), слабе́ть (slabétʹ) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-wear_off-en-verb-542fLRJA Disambiguation of 'to diminish in effect': 99 1
  2. (intransitive) to disappear because of being abraded, over-polished, or abused Tags: intransitive Translations (to disappear because of being abraded, over-polished, or abused): s’estomper (French), s’élimer (French), 消える (kieru) (Japanese), ścierać się [imperfective] (Polish), zetrzeć się [perfective] (Polish), schodzić [imperfective] (Polish), zejść [perfective] (Polish), стира́ться (stirátʹsja) (Russian), అరిగిపోవు (arigipōvu) (Telugu)
    Sense id: en-wear_off-en-verb-pTLNnbDR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "off", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Telugu translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 88 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "off": 17 83 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Telugu translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of 'to disappear because of being abraded, over-polished, or abused': 2 98

Inflected forms

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          "text": "The effect of the injection will gradually wear off.",
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          "ref": "1953 March, C. R. Clinker, “New Light on the Leicester Swannington Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 197:",
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          "word": "смягча́ться"
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          "roman": "slabétʹ",
          "sense": "to diminish in effect",
          "word": "слабе́ть"
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          "text": "The silver plating on that cheap silverware will wear off.",
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          "sense": "to disappear because of being abraded, over-polished, or abused",
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to diminish in effect",
      "word": "s’atténuer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to diminish in effect",
      "word": "s’estomper"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kieru",
      "sense": "to diminish in effect",
      "word": "消える"
    },
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to diminish in effect",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "przechodzić"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to diminish in effect",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to diminish in effect",
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    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to diminish in effect",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "zaniknąć"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "smjaxčátʹsja",
      "sense": "to diminish in effect",
      "word": "смягча́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "slabétʹ",
      "sense": "to diminish in effect",
      "word": "слабе́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to disappear because of being abraded, over-polished, or abused",
      "word": "s’estomper"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to disappear because of being abraded, over-polished, or abused",
      "word": "s’élimer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kieru",
      "sense": "to disappear because of being abraded, over-polished, or abused",
      "word": "消える"
    },
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to disappear because of being abraded, over-polished, or abused",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "ścierać się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to disappear because of being abraded, over-polished, or abused",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "zetrzeć się"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "to disappear because of being abraded, over-polished, or abused",
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      "word": "schodzić"
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      "sense": "to disappear because of being abraded, over-polished, or abused",
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      "word": "zejść"
    },
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stirátʹsja",
      "sense": "to disappear because of being abraded, over-polished, or abused",
      "word": "стира́ться"
    },
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      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "arigipōvu",
      "sense": "to disappear because of being abraded, over-polished, or abused",
      "word": "అరిగిపోవు"
    }
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  "word": "wear off"
}

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