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wear away

verbid 23503·updated Jun 3, 2026
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become ground down or deteriorate

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Variants

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

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary3 sensesview framework →
§1
become ground down or deteriorate
§2
diminish, as by friction
§3
cut away in small pieces
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
become ground down or deteriorate
DR-088 backfill from the verb definition column

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