| VERB | body | wear out, tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue | exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain / strain / strain or stress |
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| contact | wear out, break, wear, bust, fall apart | go to pieces | |
| change | wear out, wear, wear off, wear down, wear thin | deteriorate through use or stress |
| Meaning | Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain / strain / strain or stress. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | Sam cannot wear out Sue | |
| Synonyms | tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue | |
| Cause to | tire, pall, weary, fatigue, jade | Lose interest or become bored with something or somebody |
| Narrower | exhaust, wash up, beat, tucker, tucker out | wear out completely |
| overtire, overweary, overfatigue | Tire excessively | |
| Broader | indispose | Cause to feel unwell |
| Opposite | refresh, freshen, refreshen | make fresh again |
| Spanish | abrigos y chaquetas, agotar, cansarse, cansar, fatigar, llevar | |
| Catalan | abatre, cansar-se, cansar, fatigar-se, fatigar | |
| Meaning | go to pieces. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Synonyms | break, wear, bust, fall apart | |
| Caused by | break, bust | ruin completely |
| Entailed by | leak | Have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out |
| Narrower | fray, frazzle | wear away by rubbing |
| Broader | decay, crumble, dilapidate | fall into decay or ruin |
| Similar to | break, bust | ruin completely |
| Spanish | descomponerse, desmoronarse | |
| Catalan | descompondre, fracturar-se, rompre's, trencar-se | |
| Meaning | deteriorate through use or stress. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | wear, wear off, wear down, wear thin | |
| Narrower | ablate | wear away through erosion or vaporization |
| scuff | Get or become scuffed | |
| Broader | deteriorate | Become worse or disintegrate |
| Spanish | desgastarse | |
| Catalan | desgastar-se, desgastar | |
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