| 单词 | wear something down |
| 释义 | (phrasal verb) Definition to make shorter by long or constant wearing or rubbing Rabbits wear down their teeth with constant gnawing. Synonyms erode Once exposed, soil is quickly eroded by wind and rain. grind down consume impair corrode Engineers found that the structure had been corroded by moisture. rub away abrade The rough rock had abraded her skin. Additional synonymsin the sense of abrade The rough rock had abraded her skin. Synonyms scrape, grind, skin, file, scratch, erode, graze, erase, scour, wear off, rub off, wear down, scuff, wear away, scrape away, scrape out in the sense of corrode Definition to destroy gradually Engineers found that the structure had been corroded by moisture. Synonyms eat away, waste, consume, corrupt, deteriorate, erode, rust, gnaw, oxidize Nearby words of |
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