İngilizce-Türkçe-Almanca sözlük

1. 1. azar azar gücünü tüketmek, yavaş yavaş yıpratmak/yıpranmak.
2. aşındırmak; aşınmak. asinmak; asindirmak, yipratmak; (gücünü, etkinligini, vb.) azaltmak, zayiflatmak, kirmak, yenmek. aşındır.
3. azar azar gücünü tüketmek, yavaş yavaş yıpratmak/yıpranmak.
4. aşındırmak; aşınmak. devamlı ısrarla kırmak, yıpramak, eskitmek, yıpratmak, zayıflatmak, yenmek, yıpranmak, eskimek, aşınmak.
5. aşındır.

Etymology : Middle English weren, from Old English werian; akin to Old Norse verja to clothe, invest, spend, Latin vestis clothing, garment, Greek hennynai to clothe
Pronunciation : 'war, 'wer
Function : verb
Date : before 12th century

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1. exhaust; win through perseverance. become dull or weak, use until worn Confinement in a prison began to wear down his spirit. wear down exhaust or tire though overuse or great strain or stress; "we wore ourselves out on this hike" [syn: tire, wear upon , tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, fag out, fag, fatigue] [ant: refresh].
2. 1. If you wear something down or if it wears down, it becomes flatter or smoother as a result of constantly rubbing against something else. Pipe smokers sometimes wear down the tips of their teeth where they grip their pipes The machines start to wear down, they don't make as many nuts and bolts as they used to Elephants wear the tusk down faster than they can grow it.
3. If you wear someone down, you make them gradually weaker or less determined until they eventually do what you want. They hoped the waiting and the uncertainty would wear down my resistance He believed that he could wear her down if he only asked often enough.