wear+away
61wear — I. verb (wore; worn; wearing) Etymology: Middle English weren, from Old English werian; akin to Old Norse verja to clothe, invest, spend, Latin vestis clothing, garment, Greek hennynai to clothe Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to… …
62wear — wear1 verb (past wore; past participle worn wɔ:n) 1》 have (something) on one s body or a part of one s body as clothing, decoration, or protection. 2》 exhibit or present (a particular facial expression or appearance). 3》 undergo or cause to… …
63wear — see better to wear out than to rust out if the cap fits, wear it constant dropping wears away a stone give a thing, and take a thing, to wear the devil’s gold ring if the shoe fits, wear it …
64wear — The progressive loss of substance from the operating surface of a body occurring as a result of relative motion at the surface; rubbing away. See heel and toe wear tire wear …
65wear ship — verb turn away from the wind The sailors decided it was time to wear ship • Topics: ↑navigation, ↑pilotage, ↑piloting • Hypernyms: ↑sail • Verb Frames …
66wear off — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. go away, get better, decline; see improve 2 , stop 2 …
67wear on — the afternoon wore on Syn: pass, elapse, proceed, advance, progress, go by, roll by, march on, slip by/away, fly by/past …
68ˌwear (sth) aˈway — phrasal verb to disappear, or to make something disappear, because it has been used or rubbed a lot The inscription on the ring had almost worn away.[/ex] …
69die away — Synonyms and related words: abate, ablate, bate, be all over, be annihilated, be consumed, be destroyed, be eaten away, be gone, be no more, be wiped out, become extinct, become void, blow over, burn out, cease, cease to be, cease to exist,… …
70constant dropping wears away a stone — Primarily used to mean that persistence will achieve a difficult or unlikely objective (but see also quots. 1874 and 1912). Continual frequently occurs instead of constant in the US. Cf. CHOERILUS OF SAMOS Fragments x. (Kinkel) πέτρην κοιλαίνει… …
