| Definition of 'wear away' |
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1. (verb) whittle away, whittle down, wear away
cut away in small pieces
2. (verb) wear away, wear off
diminish, as by friction
"Erosion wore away the surface"
3. (verb) erode, gnaw, gnaw at, eat at, wear away
become ground down or deteriorate
"Her confidence eroded"
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1. (verb) wear away
to gradually become or make smaller through constant rubbing or movement
The waves have worn away the rocks.; Its teeth had worn away.
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Sense: to make or become damaged, thinner, smoother etc through use, rubbing etc
The steps have (been) worn away in places.
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 Afrikaans: verweer |
 Arabic: يَفْنى، يَذوب، يَبْلى |
 Bulgarian: изтърквам |
 Brazilian: gastar(-se) / desgastar(- |
 Czech: opotřebovat |
 German: abnutzen |
 Danish: slide |
 Greek: λιώνω, τρώγω, σβήνω |
 Spanish: desgastar(se) |
 Estonian: kuluma |
 Farsi: ساييدن |
 Finnish: kulua |
 French: (s')user |
 Hebrew: לְהִשתַחֵק |
 Hindi: घिस जाना |
 Croatian: pohabati se |
 Hungarian: elkoptat |
 Indonesian: aus |
 Icelandic: slíta |
 Italian: consumarsi |
 Japanese: すり減らす |
 Korean: 닳아 없어지다 |
 Lithuanian: nu(si)trinti, nusidėvėti |
 Latvian: nodilt |
 Malay: menjadi rosak |
 Dutch: uitslijten |
 Norwegian: slite(s) bort |
 Polish: zetrzeć/wytrzeć się |
 Portuguese: gastar(-se) |
 Romanian: a (se) uza |
 Russian: стирать(ся) |
 Slovak: opotrebovať |
 Slovenian: obrabiti se |
 Serbian: pohabati se |
 Swedish: nöta[s] bort |
 Thai: ค่อย ๆ สึกหรอ |
 Turkish: yıpran(dır)mak, aşın(dır) |
 Taiwanese: (被)磨損 |
 Ukrainian: стиратися |
 Urdu: گھس جانا |
 Vietnamese: mòn đi |
 Chinese: 磨损 |
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