Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wearing down

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.81 in modern English

Syllables
wear-ing -down
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of wear down

Questions

What does wearing down mean?
present participle and gerund of wear down

How to pronounce wearing down

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