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wear down
verb
1 wear down
Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress.
synonyms: fag, fag out, fatigue, jade, outwear, tire, tire out, wear, wear out, wear upon, weary ... show more.
Roget 331:
rub,
scratch,
scrape,
scrub,
slide,
fray,
rasp,
graze,
curry,
scour,
polish,
rub out,
wear down,
gnaw;
file,
grind
etc.
(reduce to powder)
330.
set one's teeth on edge;
rosin.
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Roget 195:
become small,
become smaller;
lessen,
decrease
etc.
36;
grow less,
dwindle,
shrink,
contract,
narrow,
shrivel,
collapse,
wither,
lose flesh,
wizen,
fall away,
waste,
wane,
ebb;
decay
etc.
(deteriorate)
659.
be smaller than,
fall short of;
not come up to
etc.
(be inferior)
34.
render smaller,
lessen,
diminish,
contract,
draw in,
narrow,
coarctate†;
boil down;
constrict,
constringe†;
condense,
compress,
squeeze,
corrugate,
crimp,
crunch,
crush,
crumple up,
warp,
purse up,
pack,
squeeze,
stow;
pinch,
tighten,
strangle;
cramp;
dwarf,
bedwarf†;
shorten
etc.
201;
circumscribe
etc.
229;
restrain
etc.
751.
[reduce in size by abrasion or paring. ]
(subtraction)
38
abrade,
pare,
reduce,
attenuate,
rub down,
scrape,
file,
file down,
grind,
grind down,
chip,
shave,
shear,
wear down.
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Dutch: afbeulen, afpeigeren, afsloven
2 wear down
Moby thesaurus: ablate, abrade, affect, argue into, beat, bend, bias, bring over, bring round, bring to reason, burn out, captivate, charm, color, con, convince, debilitate, dispose, do in, do up, drain, draw over, enervate, erode, exhaust, fag, fag out, fatigue, flag, fray, frazzle, fret, gain, gain over, harass, hook, hook in, incline, induce, influence, jade, knock out, knock up, lead, move, outtalk, overfatigue, overstrain, overtire, overweary, persuade, poop, poop out, predispose, prevail on, prevail upon, prevail with, prompt, prostrate, rub off, sell, sell one on, soften up, sway, talk into, talk over, tatter, tinge, tire, tire out, tire to death, tone, tucker, use up, wangle, wangle into, weaken, wear, wear away, wear off, wear on, wear out, wear ragged, weary, weather, weigh with, wilt, win, win over, wind, work ... show more.
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