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{
"forms": [
{
"form": "wears out",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wearing out",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "wore out",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "worn out",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "wear<,,wore,worn> out"
},
"expansion": "wear out (third-person singular simple present wears out, present participle wearing out, simple past wore out, past participle worn out)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "You're going to wear out that game if you keep playing so rough with it.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "He wears a pair of tennis shoes out every summer.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To cause (something) to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use, especially hard, heavy, or careless use."
],
"id": "en-wear_out-en-verb-ZmHbkiCP",
"links": [
[
"damaged",
"damaged"
],
[
"useless",
"useless"
],
[
"ineffective",
"ineffective"
],
[
"hard",
"hard"
],
[
"heavy",
"heavy"
],
[
"careless",
"careless"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "51 9 31 6 1 1 1",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "mašel",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"word": "մաշել"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 9 31 6 1 1 1",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "kʿrkʿrel",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"word": "քրքրել"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 9 31 6 1 1 1",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"word": "yırtıb-dağıtmaq"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 9 31 6 1 1 1",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"word": "köhnəltmək"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 9 31 6 1 1 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"word": "verslijten"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 9 31 6 1 1 1",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"word": "eluziĝi"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 9 31 6 1 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"word": "kuluttaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 9 31 6 1 1 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"word": "user"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 9 31 6 1 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"word": "abnutzen"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 9 31 6 1 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"word": "verschleißen"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 9 31 6 1 1 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "exantló",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"word": "εξαντλώ"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 9 31 6 1 1 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "lióno",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"word": "λιώνω"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 9 31 6 1 1 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"word": "elhasznál"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 9 31 6 1 1 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"word": "elkoptat"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 9 31 6 1 1 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"word": "caith"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 9 31 6 1 1 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"word": "fare fuori"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 9 31 6 1 1 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"word": "consumare"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 9 31 6 1 1 1",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "suriherasu",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"word": "擦り減らす"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 9 31 6 1 1 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"word": "terō"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 9 31 6 1 1 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"word": "taiākotikoti"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 9 31 6 1 1 1",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"word": "gausir"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 9 31 6 1 1 1",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"word": "abenar"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 9 31 6 1 1 1",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"word": "usar"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 9 31 6 1 1 1",
"code": "pox",
"lang": "Polabian",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "ai̯brükot"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 9 31 6 1 1 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "dezelować"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 9 31 6 1 1 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zdezelować"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 9 31 6 1 1 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "niszczyć"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 9 31 6 1 1 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zniszczyć"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 9 31 6 1 1 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"word": "desgastar"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 9 31 6 1 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "iznášivatʹ",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "изна́шивать"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 9 31 6 1 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "iznosítʹ",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "износи́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 9 31 6 1 1 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"word": "desgastar"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 9 31 6 1 1 1",
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"word": "-chakaa"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The old tractor finally wore out.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "My shoes wear out quickly now that I walk to work.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1942 September and October, “Notes and News: The Stanmore Branch”, in Railway Magazine, page 311",
"text": "Mr. Simpson adds that the station at Stanmore appears practically unchanged from the time of its opening, even to the L.N.W.R. rubber doormat, which \"shows no signs of wearing out.\"",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain."
],
"id": "en-wear_out-en-verb-0Av5Fk-3",
"links": [
[
"deteriorate",
"deteriorate"
],
[
"unusable",
"unusable"
],
[
"ineffective",
"ineffective"
],
[
"exposure",
"exposure"
],
[
"strain",
"strain"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "15 71 5 8 1 1 1",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "mašvel",
"sense": "to deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain",
"word": "մաշվել"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 71 5 8 1 1 1",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "kʿrkʿrvel",
"sense": "to deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain",
"word": "քրքրվել"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 71 5 8 1 1 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain",
"word": "verslijten"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 71 5 8 1 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain",
"word": "kulua"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 71 5 8 1 1 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain",
"word": "s'user"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 71 5 8 1 1 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain",
"word": "escangallar"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 71 5 8 1 1 1",
"code": "de",
"english": "to get wider",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain",
"word": "ausleiern"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 71 5 8 1 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain",
"word": "verschleißen"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 71 5 8 1 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain",
"word": "sich abnutzen"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 71 5 8 1 1 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "lióno",
"sense": "to deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain",
"word": "λιώνω"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 71 5 8 1 1 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain",
"word": "elhasználódik"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 71 5 8 1 1 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain",
"word": "elkopik"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 71 5 8 1 1 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain",
"word": "imigh ó mhaith"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 71 5 8 1 1 1",
"code": "sga",
"lang": "Old Irish",
"sense": "to deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain",
"word": "ara·chrin"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 71 5 8 1 1 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain",
"word": "deteriorarsi"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 71 5 8 1 1 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain",
"word": "usurarsi"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 71 5 8 1 1 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain",
"word": "logorare"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 71 5 8 1 1 1",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "suriheru",
"sense": "to deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain",
"word": "擦り減る"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 71 5 8 1 1 1",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "sək",
"sense": "to deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain",
"word": "សឹក"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 71 5 8 1 1 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain",
"word": "obsolesco"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 71 5 8 1 1 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain",
"word": "taiākotikoti"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 71 5 8 1 1 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain",
"word": "desgastar"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 71 5 8 1 1 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain",
"word": "desgastar-se"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 71 5 8 1 1 1",
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain",
"word": "llik'iy"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 71 5 8 1 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "iznášivatʹsja",
"sense": "to deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "изна́шиваться"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 71 5 8 1 1 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain",
"word": "desgastarse"
}
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "You kids are wearing me out!"
},
{
"text": "Trying to keep up with politics wears me out."
},
{
"text": "Our physical advantage allowed us to wear the other team out and win."
}
],
"glosses": [
"To exhaust; to cause or contribute to another's exhaustion, fatigue, or weariness, as by continued strain or exertion."
],
"id": "en-wear_out-en-verb-10qBpAur",
"links": [
[
"exhaust",
"exhaust"
],
[
"exhaustion",
"exhaustion"
],
[
"fatigue",
"fatigue"
],
[
"weariness",
"weariness"
],
[
"strain",
"strain"
],
[
"exertion",
"exertion"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "32 1 57 5 2 2 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to exhaust; to cause or contribute to another's exhaustion, fatigue, or weariness",
"word": "vermoeien"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 1 57 5 2 2 1",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to exhaust; to cause or contribute to another's exhaustion, fatigue, or weariness",
"word": "lacigi"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 1 57 5 2 2 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to exhaust; to cause or contribute to another's exhaustion, fatigue, or weariness",
"word": "kuluttaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 1 57 5 2 2 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to exhaust; to cause or contribute to another's exhaustion, fatigue, or weariness",
"word": "väsyttää"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 1 57 5 2 2 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to exhaust; to cause or contribute to another's exhaustion, fatigue, or weariness",
"word": "uuvuttaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 1 57 5 2 2 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to exhaust; to cause or contribute to another's exhaustion, fatigue, or weariness",
"word": "fatiguer"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 1 57 5 2 2 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to exhaust; to cause or contribute to another's exhaustion, fatigue, or weariness",
"word": "harasser"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 1 57 5 2 2 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to exhaust; to cause or contribute to another's exhaustion, fatigue, or weariness",
"word": "cansar"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 1 57 5 2 2 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to exhaust; to cause or contribute to another's exhaustion, fatigue, or weariness",
"word": "fatigar"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 1 57 5 2 2 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to exhaust; to cause or contribute to another's exhaustion, fatigue, or weariness",
"word": "erschöpfen"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 1 57 5 2 2 1",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "katatrúkhō",
"sense": "to exhaust; to cause or contribute to another's exhaustion, fatigue, or weariness",
"word": "κατατρύχω"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 1 57 5 2 2 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to exhaust; to cause or contribute to another's exhaustion, fatigue, or weariness",
"word": "liath"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 1 57 5 2 2 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to exhaust; to cause or contribute to another's exhaustion, fatigue, or weariness",
"word": "traoch"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 1 57 5 2 2 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to exhaust; to cause or contribute to another's exhaustion, fatigue, or weariness",
"word": "traoith"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 1 57 5 2 2 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to exhaust; to cause or contribute to another's exhaustion, fatigue, or weariness",
"word": "esaurire"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 1 57 5 2 2 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to exhaust; to cause or contribute to another's exhaustion, fatigue, or weariness",
"word": "sfinire"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 1 57 5 2 2 1",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tsukaresaseru",
"sense": "to exhaust; to cause or contribute to another's exhaustion, fatigue, or weariness",
"word": "疲れさせる"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 1 57 5 2 2 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "izmátyvatʹ",
"sense": "to exhaust; to cause or contribute to another's exhaustion, fatigue, or weariness",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "изма́тывать"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 1 57 5 2 2 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "iznurjátʹ",
"sense": "to exhaust; to cause or contribute to another's exhaustion, fatigue, or weariness",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "изнуря́ть"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I'm wearing out, guys. Time to go to sleep.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Lancaster (1860)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 58",
"text": "They built our railways, but they wore themselves out in the process.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To become exhausted, tired, fatigued, or weary, as by continued strain or exertion."
],
"id": "en-wear_out-en-verb-kEtp2v-F",
"links": [
[
"exhausted",
"exhausted"
],
[
"tired",
"tired"
],
[
"fatigued",
"fatigued"
],
[
"weary",
"weary"
],
[
"strain",
"strain"
],
[
"exertion",
"exertion"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To become exhausted, tired, fatigued, or weary, as by continued strain or exertion."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "15 8 11 61 1 2 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to become exhausted, tired, fatigued, or weary",
"word": "uitputten"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 8 11 61 1 2 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to become exhausted, tired, fatigued, or weary",
"word": "väsyä"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 8 11 61 1 2 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to become exhausted, tired, fatigued, or weary",
"word": "randar"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 8 11 61 1 2 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to become exhausted, tired, fatigued, or weary",
"word": "cansar"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 8 11 61 1 2 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to become exhausted, tired, fatigued, or weary",
"word": "fatigar"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 8 11 61 1 2 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to become exhausted, tired, fatigued, or weary",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "schlapp machen"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 8 11 61 1 2 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to become exhausted, tired, fatigued, or weary",
"word": "stancare"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 8 11 61 1 2 2",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tsukareru",
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"imperfective"
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"text": "Those sweatpants are great for loafing around the house, but they're not meant to be worn out."
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"word": "wear away"
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{
"_dis1": "7 2 17 9 14 44 7",
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{
"_dis1": "7 2 17 9 14 44 7",
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{
"_dis1": "7 2 17 9 14 44 7",
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"_dis1": "7 2 17 9 15 43 7",
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}
]
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"source": "w"
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"To punish by spanking."
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"text": "You're going to wear out that game if you keep playing so rough with it.",
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"text": "He wears a pair of tennis shoes out every summer.",
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"text": "The old tractor finally wore out.",
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{
"text": "My shoes wear out quickly now that I walk to work.",
"type": "example"
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{
"ref": "1942 September and October, “Notes and News: The Stanmore Branch”, in Railway Magazine, page 311",
"text": "Mr. Simpson adds that the station at Stanmore appears practically unchanged from the time of its opening, even to the L.N.W.R. rubber doormat, which \"shows no signs of wearing out.\"",
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}
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[
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],
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{
"text": "You kids are wearing me out!"
},
{
"text": "Trying to keep up with politics wears me out."
},
{
"text": "Our physical advantage allowed us to wear the other team out and win."
}
],
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"To exhaust; to cause or contribute to another's exhaustion, fatigue, or weariness, as by continued strain or exertion."
],
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"exhaust",
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[
"exhaustion",
"exhaustion"
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"fatigue",
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"weariness"
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[
"strain",
"strain"
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"text": "I'm wearing out, guys. Time to go to sleep.",
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{
"ref": "2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Lancaster (1860)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 58",
"text": "They built our railways, but they wore themselves out in the process.",
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],
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"exhausted",
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"(intransitive) To become exhausted, tired, fatigued, or weary, as by continued strain or exertion."
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"intransitive"
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{
"text": "Those sweatpants are great for loafing around the house, but they're not meant to be worn out."
}
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"Of apparel, to display in public."
],
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[
"apparel",
"apparel"
]
]
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{
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"text": "A dress shirt should be tucked in, but a t-shirt can be worn out."
}
],
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],
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"tuck",
"tuck"
],
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"casual",
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},
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"To punish by spanking."
],
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[
"spanking",
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],
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"(chiefly Southern US) To punish by spanking."
],
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"Southern-US"
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}
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"word": "outwear"
}
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"translations": [
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "mašel",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"word": "մաշել"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "kʿrkʿrel",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"word": "քրքրել"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"word": "yırtıb-dağıtmaq"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"word": "köhnəltmək"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"word": "verslijten"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"word": "eluziĝi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"word": "kuluttaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"word": "user"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"word": "abnutzen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"word": "verschleißen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "exantló",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"word": "εξαντλώ"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "lióno",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"word": "λιώνω"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"word": "elhasznál"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"word": "elkoptat"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"word": "caith"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"word": "fare fuori"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"word": "consumare"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "suriherasu",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"word": "擦り減らす"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"word": "terō"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"word": "taiākotikoti"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"word": "gausir"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"word": "abenar"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"word": "usar"
},
{
"code": "pox",
"lang": "Polabian",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "ai̯brükot"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "dezelować"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zdezelować"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "niszczyć"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zniszczyć"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"word": "desgastar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "iznášivatʹ",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "изна́шивать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "iznosítʹ",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "износи́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"word": "desgastar"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use",
"word": "-chakaa"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "mašvel",
"sense": "to deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain",
"word": "մաշվել"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "kʿrkʿrvel",
"sense": "to deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain",
"word": "քրքրվել"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain",
"word": "verslijten"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain",
"word": "kulua"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain",
"word": "s'user"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain",
"word": "escangallar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"english": "to get wider",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain",
"word": "ausleiern"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain",
"word": "verschleißen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain",
"word": "sich abnutzen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "lióno",
"sense": "to deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain",
"word": "λιώνω"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain",
"word": "elhasználódik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain",
"word": "elkopik"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain",
"word": "imigh ó mhaith"
},
{
"code": "sga",
"lang": "Old Irish",
"sense": "to deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain",
"word": "ara·chrin"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain",
"word": "deteriorarsi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain",
"word": "usurarsi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain",
"word": "logorare"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "suriheru",
"sense": "to deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain",
"word": "擦り減る"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "sək",
"sense": "to deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain",
"word": "សឹក"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain",
"word": "obsolesco"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain",
"word": "taiākotikoti"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain",
"word": "desgastar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain",
"word": "desgastar-se"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain",
"word": "llik'iy"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "iznášivatʹsja",
"sense": "to deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "изна́шиваться"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain",
"word": "desgastarse"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to exhaust; to cause or contribute to another's exhaustion, fatigue, or weariness",
"word": "vermoeien"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to exhaust; to cause or contribute to another's exhaustion, fatigue, or weariness",
"word": "lacigi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to exhaust; to cause or contribute to another's exhaustion, fatigue, or weariness",
"word": "kuluttaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to exhaust; to cause or contribute to another's exhaustion, fatigue, or weariness",
"word": "väsyttää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to exhaust; to cause or contribute to another's exhaustion, fatigue, or weariness",
"word": "uuvuttaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to exhaust; to cause or contribute to another's exhaustion, fatigue, or weariness",
"word": "fatiguer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to exhaust; to cause or contribute to another's exhaustion, fatigue, or weariness",
"word": "harasser"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to exhaust; to cause or contribute to another's exhaustion, fatigue, or weariness",
"word": "cansar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to exhaust; to cause or contribute to another's exhaustion, fatigue, or weariness",
"word": "fatigar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to exhaust; to cause or contribute to another's exhaustion, fatigue, or weariness",
"word": "erschöpfen"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "katatrúkhō",
"sense": "to exhaust; to cause or contribute to another's exhaustion, fatigue, or weariness",
"word": "κατατρύχω"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to exhaust; to cause or contribute to another's exhaustion, fatigue, or weariness",
"word": "liath"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to exhaust; to cause or contribute to another's exhaustion, fatigue, or weariness",
"word": "traoch"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to exhaust; to cause or contribute to another's exhaustion, fatigue, or weariness",
"word": "traoith"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to exhaust; to cause or contribute to another's exhaustion, fatigue, or weariness",
"word": "esaurire"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to exhaust; to cause or contribute to another's exhaustion, fatigue, or weariness",
"word": "sfinire"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tsukaresaseru",
"sense": "to exhaust; to cause or contribute to another's exhaustion, fatigue, or weariness",
"word": "疲れさせる"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "izmátyvatʹ",
"sense": "to exhaust; to cause or contribute to another's exhaustion, fatigue, or weariness",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "изма́тывать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "iznurjátʹ",
"sense": "to exhaust; to cause or contribute to another's exhaustion, fatigue, or weariness",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "изнуря́ть"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to become exhausted, tired, fatigued, or weary",
"word": "uitputten"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to become exhausted, tired, fatigued, or weary",
"word": "väsyä"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to become exhausted, tired, fatigued, or weary",
"word": "randar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to become exhausted, tired, fatigued, or weary",
"word": "cansar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to become exhausted, tired, fatigued, or weary",
"word": "fatigar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to become exhausted, tired, fatigued, or weary",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "schlapp machen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to become exhausted, tired, fatigued, or weary",
"word": "stancare"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tsukareru",
"sense": "to become exhausted, tired, fatigued, or weary",
"word": "疲れる"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ustavátʹ",
"sense": "to become exhausted, tired, fatigued, or weary",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "устава́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "utomljátʹsja",
"sense": "to become exhausted, tired, fatigued, or weary",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "утомля́ться"
}
],
"word": "wear out"
}
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