Usually means: Gradually erode or diminish material.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. wear away: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. wear away: Merriam-Webster
  3. wear away: Vocabulary.com
  4. wear (sth) away: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. wear away: Wiktionary
  6. wear away: Dictionary.com
  7. wear away: Rhymezone
  8. wear away: FreeDictionary.org
  9. wear away: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. wear away: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. wear away: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. wear away: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. wear away: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (wear away)

▸ verb:  To erode gradually and progressively.

Similar:
erode, wear off, gnaw, eat at, gnaw at, whittle away, whittle down, eat away, wear, eat away at, more...

Opposite:
build up, strengthen, fortify, preserve, maintain

Types:
corrode, erode, weather, rust, more...

Phrases:
to wear away, wear away by friction, tending to wear or eat away, wear away gradually, wear away at, more...

Adjectives:
wearing, shattered, gutted, aging, lacerate, wallow, exhausted, timeworn, wizen, obliterated, riven

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Similar:
erode, wear off, gnaw, eat at, gnaw at, whittle away, whittle down, eat away, wear, eat away at, more...

Opposite:
build up, strengthen, fortify, preserve, maintain

Types:
corrode, erode, weather, rust, more...

Phrases:
to wear away, wear away by friction, tending to wear or eat away, wear away gradually, wear away at, gradually wear away, wear away over time, more...

Adjectives:
wearing, shattered, gutted, aging, lacerate, wallow, exhausted, timeworn, wizen, obliterated, riven



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