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wear away
Overview of verb wear-away
The verb wear away has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. whittle away, whittle down, wear away -- (cut away in small pieces)
2. wear away, wear off -- (diminish, as by friction; "Erosion wore away the surface")
3. erode, gnaw, gnaw at, eat at, wear away -- (become ground down or deteriorate; "Her confidence eroded")
Antonyms of verb wear-away
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb wear-away
3 senses of wear away
Sense 1
whittle away, whittle down, wear away
=> damage
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 2
wear away, wear off
=> remove, take, take away, withdraw
Sense 3
erode, gnaw, gnaw at, eat at, wear away
=> decay, crumble, delapidate
=> change
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb wear-away
1 of 3 senses of wear away
Sense 2
wear away, wear off
=> abrade, corrade, abrase, rub down, rub off
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb wear-away
3 senses of wear away
Sense 1
whittle away, whittle down, wear away
=> damage
Sense 2
wear away, wear off
=> remove, take, take away, withdraw
Sense 3
erode, gnaw, gnaw at, eat at, wear away
=> decay, crumble, delapidate
'Cause To' of verb wear-away
Derived Forms of verb wear-away
1 of 3 senses of wear away
Sense 3
erode, gnaw, gnaw at, eat at, wear away
RELATED TO>(noun) wearing away#1
=> erosion, eroding, eating away, wearing, wearing away
Domain of verb wear-away
Domain Terms of verb wear-away
Familiarity of verb wear-away
wear away used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb wear-away
3 senses of wear away
Sense 1
whittle away, whittle down, wear away
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 2
wear away, wear off
*> Something ----s something
Sense 3
erode, gnaw, gnaw at, eat at, wear away
*> Something ----s
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb wear-away
3 senses of wear away
Sense 1
whittle away, whittle down, wear away
> damage
=> burn
=> frost
=> bilge
=> break
=> total
=> bruise
=> disturb
=> afflict, smite
=> hurt, injure
=> impair
=> flaw, blemish
=> corrode, eat, rust
=> erode, eat away, fret
=> mutilate, mangle, cut up
=> mar, impair, spoil, deflower, vitiate
=> whittle away, whittle down, wear away
=> bang up, smash up, smash
Sense 2
wear away, wear off
> remove, take, take away, withdraw
=> epilate, depilate
=> harvest
=> tip
=> stem
=> extirpate
=> enucleate
=> exenterate
=> enucleate
=> decorticate
=> bail
=> strip, undress, divest, disinvest
=> ablate
=> clean, pick
=> clean
=> winnow
=> unbrace
=> pick
=> clear, clear up
=> muck
=> lift
=> lift
=> lift
=> tear away, tear off
=> take off
=> take away, take out
=> pit, stone
=> seed
=> unhinge
=> shuck
=> hull
=> crumb
=> chip away, chip away at
=> burl
=> knock out
=> scavenge, clean
=> hypophysectomize, hypophysectomise
=> degas
=> husk, shell
=> bur, burr
=> clear off, clear away
=> flick
=> strip, dismantle
=> strip
=> clear
=> defang
=> bone, debone
=> disembowel, eviscerate, draw
=> shell
=> shuck
=> tusk, detusk
=> dehorn
=> scalp
=> weed
=> condense
=> bail out, bale out
=> leach, strip
=> decalcify
=> detoxify, detoxicate
=> de-ionate
=> de-iodinate
=> decarbonize, decarbonise, decarburize, decarburise, decoke
=> delouse
=> ream
=> brush
=> wash, wash out, wash off, wash away
=> desorb
=> pull
=> demineralize, demineralise
=> eliminate
=> expectorate, clear out, drive out
=> defuse
=> dredge
=> wear away, wear off
=> amputate, cut off
=> resect, eviscerate
=> skim, skim off, cream off, cream
=> strip
=> strip
=> scale, descale
=> circumcise
=> undock
=> dig, delve, cut into, turn over
=> excavate, dig, hollow
=> scoop, scoop out, lift out, scoop up, take up
=> extract, pull out, pull, pull up, take out, draw out
=> take out
=> unstring
=> string
=> wipe off, wipe away
=> take away, bear off, bear away, carry away, carry off
=> unveil
=> unpack, take out
=> unburden, disburden
=> empty
=> discharge
=> unsaddle, offsaddle
=> shed, cast, cast off, shake off, throw, throw off, throw away, drop
=> dislodge, free
=> clean
=> aspirate, draw out, suck out
=> delete, cancel
=> ladle, lade, laden
=> spoon
=> gut
=> head
=> draw off, draw away, pull off
=> clean, strip
=> draw, take out
=> draw, pull, pull out, get out, take out
=> leach
=> draw
=> withdraw, draw, take out, draw off
Sense 3
erode, gnaw, gnaw at, eat at, wear away
> decay, crumble, delapidate
=> deteriorate
=> corrode, rust
=> weather
=> erode, gnaw, gnaw at, eat at, wear away
=> wilt, droop
=> ruin
=> break, wear, wear out, bust, fall apart
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb wear-away
Sense 1
whittle away, whittle down, wear away
=> damage
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Sense 2
wear away, wear off
=> remove, take, take away, withdraw
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Sense 3
erode, gnaw, gnaw at, eat at, wear away
=> decay, crumble, delapidate
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