wear away en · VERB
Meanings
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To erode gradually and progressively.
I stopped taking the sweets and condiments I had got from home. The mind having taken a different turn, the fondness for condiments wore away, and I now relished the boiled spinach which in Richmond tasted insipid, cooked without condiments. Many such experiments taught me that the real seat of taste was not the tongue but the mind.
1925-29, Mahadev Desai (translator), M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, Part I, chapter xviiAs the sensitiveness which greeted my new position wore away, I began to rather like the freedom of my new character.
1861, E. J. Guerin, Mountain Charley, page 17:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| wearing away | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| worn away | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| wears away | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| wore away | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (8)
la terō (erode gradually) · rgn limêr (erode gradually) · it consumarsi (erode gradually) · fi hivuttaa (erode gradually) · ta தேய் (erode gradually) · gl rafar (erode gradually) · ja 擦り減らす (erode gradually) · ja 擦り減る (erode gradually)