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单词 outwear
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outwear

[ out-wair ]
/ ˌaʊtˈwɛər /
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verb (used with object), out·wore, out·worn, out·wear·ing.

to wear or last longer than; outlast: a well-made product that outwears its competition.
to exhaust in strength or endurance: The daily toil had soon outworn him.
to outlive or outgrow: Perhaps he will outwear those eccentricities.
to wear out; destroy by wearing: A child outwears clothes quickly.
to pass (time): trying to outwear the hours by reading.

Origin of outwear

First recorded in 1535–45; out- + wear

Words nearby outwear

outwardly, outwards, outwash, outwash plain, outwatch, outwear, outweigh, outwent, outwit, outwith, out with it
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British Dictionary definitions for outwear

outwear
/ (ˌaʊtˈwɛə) /

verb -wears, -wearing, -wore or -worn (tr)

to use up or destroy by wearing
to last or wear longer than
to outlive, outgrow, or develop beyond
to deplete or exhaust in strength, determination, etc
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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