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单词 outwear
释义 outwear
\(ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ transitive verb
Etymology: out (I) + wear
1. : to wear out or use up : consume or destroy by attrition or use : exhaust
 < drops of water outwear stone >
 < the machinery has been outworn >
 < the rowers were outworn >
2.
 a. [out- + wear] : to last longer in use than
  < a fiber that outwears others >
 b. : to grow or develop beyond in course of time : outgrow, outlive
  < in cases where tradition is notoriously outworn — W.C.Brownell >
3. archaic : to take up the time of
 < with sick longing all the night outwear — John Keats >
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