werath.html - {v.}
1. To remove or disappear little by little through use, time, or the action of weather.
* /Time and
weather have worn off the name on the gravestone./
* /The eraser has worn off my pencil./
* /The grass has worn
away from the path
near the house./
2. To lessen; become less little by little.
* /The people went home as the excitement of the fire wore off./
* /John could
feel the pain again as the dentist's medicine wore away./
3. To exhaust; tire out, win over or persuade by making tired.
* /Mary wore her mother down by begging
so that she let Mary go to the movies./ Compare: DIE OUT.
