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Definition of the day : « wear away »

  • 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