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{
"form": "wears down",
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"singular",
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},
{
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},
{
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"examples": [
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"text": "The eight hour shift in the mine began to wear Tim down after a few months."
}
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"To cause (someone) physical or mental fatigue."
],
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"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "97 2 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to cause physical or mental fatigue",
"word": "使疲勞"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 2 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shǐ píláo",
"sense": "to cause physical or mental fatigue",
"word": "使疲劳"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 2 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to cause physical or mental fatigue",
"word": "使厭煩"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 2 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shǐ yànfán",
"sense": "to cause physical or mental fatigue",
"word": "使厌烦"
},
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"_dis1": "97 2 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to cause physical or mental fatigue",
"word": "verslijten"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 2 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cause physical or mental fatigue",
"word": "rasittaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 2 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to cause physical or mental fatigue",
"word": "fatiguer"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 2 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cause physical or mental fatigue",
"word": "verschleißen"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 2 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to cause physical or mental fatigue",
"word": "gastar"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 2 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "izmátyvatʹ",
"sense": "to cause physical or mental fatigue",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "изма́тывать"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 2 1",
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "izmotátʹ",
"sense": "to cause physical or mental fatigue",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "измота́ть"
},
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"_dis1": "97 2 1",
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "utomljátʹ",
"sense": "to cause physical or mental fatigue",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "утомля́ть"
},
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"_dis1": "97 2 1",
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"sense": "to cause physical or mental fatigue",
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"word": "утоми́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 2 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to cause physical or mental fatigue",
"word": "desgastar"
}
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"text": "At first she refused to buy the kids sweets, but eventually they wore her down."
}
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"To eventually persuade or defeat (someone) through persistent effort."
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"_dis1": "11 5 84",
"english": "often synonymous; sometimes hyponymous",
"word": "grind down"
}
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"Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wear, down."
],
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"word": "noli illegitimi carborundum"
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"word": "grind down"
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},
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{
"form": "wore down",
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{
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{
"text": "The eight hour shift in the mine began to wear Tim down after a few months."
}
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"To cause (someone) physical or mental fatigue."
],
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[
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"text": "At first she refused to buy the kids sweets, but eventually they wore her down."
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"To eventually persuade or defeat (someone) through persistent effort."
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],
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"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to cause physical or mental fatigue",
"word": "使疲勞"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shǐ píláo",
"sense": "to cause physical or mental fatigue",
"word": "使疲劳"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to cause physical or mental fatigue",
"word": "使厭煩"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shǐ yànfán",
"sense": "to cause physical or mental fatigue",
"word": "使厌烦"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to cause physical or mental fatigue",
"word": "verslijten"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cause physical or mental fatigue",
"word": "rasittaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to cause physical or mental fatigue",
"word": "fatiguer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cause physical or mental fatigue",
"word": "verschleißen"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to cause physical or mental fatigue",
"word": "gastar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "izmátyvatʹ",
"sense": "to cause physical or mental fatigue",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "изма́тывать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "izmotátʹ",
"sense": "to cause physical or mental fatigue",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "измота́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "utomljátʹ",
"sense": "to cause physical or mental fatigue",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "утомля́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "utomítʹ",
"sense": "to cause physical or mental fatigue",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "утоми́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to cause physical or mental fatigue",
"word": "desgastar"
}
],
"word": "wear down"
}
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