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wear away

verbcandidate·updated Jun 3, 2026

become ground down or deteriorate

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Senses

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diminish, as by friction

Wordset Dictionary

cut away in small pieces

Classifications

Cognitive

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Responsibility

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Automation

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Variants

synonym
erodewear offwhittle awaywhittle down
pasttense
weared away
presentparticiple
wearing away
thirdpersonsingular
wears away
pastparticiple
weared away