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wear away
verb
()
become ground down or deteriorate
Synonyms:
eat at,
erode
,
gnaw
, gnaw at,
wear away
verb
()
diminish, as by friction
Synonyms:
wear off,
wear away
verb
()
cut away in small pieces
Synonyms:
whittle away, whittle down,
Words Related to
wear away
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erode
,
gnaw
,
eat at
,
gnaw at
,
wear off
,
whittle away
,
whittle down
,
corrade
,
eat away
,
eat into
,
forworn
,
foreworn
,
begnaw
,
abrase
,
fordone
,
ablaqueate
,
bemoil
,
change state
,
fag out
,
frote
,
clear away
,
exantlate
,
totear
,
fordwine
,
score off
,
overwear
,
die down
,
abrade
,
gnide
,
tabescent
,
wear out
,
corrode
,
ablaqueation
,
come apart
,
morsure
,
ooze out
,
rub in
,
chop down
,
absume
,
ease up
,
labefy
,
degum
,
dress shield
,
excarnificate
,
corrodent
,
marcescent
,
concentrate on
,
exuviate
,
clear off
,
beblubbered
,
detrition
,
exulcerate
,
peter out
,
decrustation
,
wear on
,
disennoble
,
overfatigue
,
levigate
,
marcid
,
change shape
,
keep apart
,
do away with
,
knock over
,
overwasted
,
sweal
,
scrape by
,
rake up
,
fortread
,
accloy
,
overtoil
,
abater
,
road rash
,
catchdrain
,
betorn
,
calcivorous
,
ungive
,
debruised
,
forweary
,
polish off
,
pine away
,
small indefinite quantity
,
chuck out
,
tramp down
,
swallow up
,
labefaction
,
leaf cast
,
exscind
,
triture
,
xerotripsis
,
beblubber
,
swell up
,
sneak in
,
wipe up
,
eventerate
,
keep down
,
gouge out
,
besmoke
,
scrape
,
obtusion
,
forlese
,
wear away
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