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Wear off Moderate

Wear off has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

deteriorate through use or stress

"The constant friction wore out the cloth"

2

diminish, as by friction

"Erosion wore away the surface"

3

to diminish in effect

See Also
worn out wears off worn off diminish wear out disappear abrade paintless
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
deteriorate remove
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
ablate scuff abrade
Rhyming Words
off boff hoff doff coff loff moff koff toff goff geoff scoff swoff groff cloff droff gnoff feoff snoff nroff
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