Antonyms for wear away

Grammar : Verb

Spell : wair

Phonetic Transcription : wɛər

Definition of wear away

Origin : "action of wearing" (clothes), mid-15c., from wear (v.). Meaning "what one wears" is 1570s. To be the worse for wear is attested from 1782; noun phrase wear and tear is first recorded 1660s, implying the sense "process of being degraded by use."

As in whittle : verb cut away at; reduce
As in bite : verb corrode, eat away
As in wear off : verb go away
As in peter : verb decrease
As in damage : verb cause injury, loss
As in decay : verb deteriorate, crumble
As in decrease : verb grow less or make less
As in deteriorate : verb decay, degenerate
As in die : verb wither, dwindle
As in flake : verb peel off
As in fray : verb shred, come apart
As in fret : verb rub hard

Example sentences :

Do not eat the heart: do not wear away the heart by anxiety.
Extract from : « Plutarch's Morals » by Plutarch

The hours wear away, and the candles are snuffed again and again.
Extract from : « The Romance of Old New England Rooftrees » by Mary Caroline Crawford

Before Mid-Lent, even though I wear away my legs to the knees!
Extract from : « Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc » by Mark Twain

But I believe the flesh on her bones she'd wear away for any one that touched her heart.
Extract from : « Rhoda Fleming, Complete » by George Meredith

Nataly spied at Dudley's behaviour, and said: 'That will wear away.
Extract from : « One of Our Conquerors, Complete » by George Meredith

They wear away, and we lay them aside like worn garments that have served their purpose.
Extract from : « Dawn » by Mrs. Harriet A. Adams

His censure, when counterbalanced by your censure, 127 may wear away.
Extract from : « The Amores, or Amours » by Ovid

Between that time and the present full nine long hours had to wear away.
Extract from : « Stories of Exile » by Various

If I excuse Lewis, she will think it is but some passing thing that awhile will wear away.
Extract from : « Merkland » by Mrs. Oliphant

The effect is terrible and does not wear away for several days.
Extract from : « Ethnology of the Ungava District, Hudson Bay Territory » by Lucien Turner

Synonyms for wear away

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