wear out
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.91 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To cause (something) to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use, especially hard, heavy, or careless use.
verb
To deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain.
Intransitive verb
verb
To exhaust; to cause or contribute to another's exhaustion, fatigue, or weariness, as by continued strain or exertion.
Example Sentences
- "You're going to wear out that game if you keep playing so rough with it."
- "He wears a pair of tennis shoes out every summer."
- ""You never take the trouble to see if he will go without it; your whip is always going as if you had the St. Vitus' dance in your arm; and if it does not wear you out, it wears your horse out; you know you are always changing your horses, and why? because you never give them any peace or encouragement.""
- "That concertina was a wonder in its way. The handles that was on it first was wore out long ago, and he'd made new ones of braided rope yarn. And the bellows was patched in more places than a cranberry picker's overalls."
- "The old tractor finally wore out."
- "My shoes wear out quickly now that I walk to work."