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wear off en · VERB

Meanings

1. (intransitive) to diminish in effect
   • […] the decline in passengers was attributed to the uncertainty of the weather, but one suspects it was really due to the novelty of a ride on the railway having worn off. 1953 March, C. R. Clinker, “New Light on the Leicester Swannington Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 197:
   • My passion for football has worn off –I'm into into women's volleyball now.
   • The effect of the injection will gradually wear off.
2. (intransitive) to disappear because of being abraded, over-polished, or abused
   • The silver plating on that cheap silverware will wear off.

Forms

Translations (18)

pl przechodzić (to diminish in effect) · ru стира́ться (to disappear because of being abraded, over-polished, or abused) · ru смягча́ться (to diminish in effect) · fr s'estomper (to disappear because of being abraded, over-polished, or abused) · ru слабе́ть (to diminish in effect) · pl zaniknąć (to diminish in effect) · fr s'atténuer (to diminish in effect) · pl zanikać (to diminish in effect) · pl schodzić (to disappear because of being abraded, over-polished, or abused) · pl ścierać się (to disappear because of being abraded, over-polished, or abused) · te అరిగిపోవు (to disappear because of being abraded, over-polished, or abused) · pl zetrzeć się (to disappear because of being abraded, over-polished, or abused) · fr s'estomper (to diminish in effect) · ja 消える (to diminish in effect) · ja 消える (to disappear because of being abraded, over-polished, or abused) · pl zejść (to disappear because of being abraded, over-polished, or abused) · pl przejść (to diminish in effect) · fr s'élimer (to disappear because of being abraded, over-polished, or abused)