WEAR DOWN

Meaning of WEAR DOWN in English

Function: transitive verb

Date: 1774

: to weary and overcome by persistent resistance or pressure

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

WEAR DOWN — transitive verb Date: 1774 to weary and overcome by persistent resistance or pressure
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WEAR DOWN — transitive verb : to weary and overcome by persistent resistance or pressure monitoring ten panels of instruments … for hours …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WEAR DOWN — exhaust; win through perseverance
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
WEAR DOWN — Date: 1774 : to weary and overcome by persistent resistance or pressure
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WEAR DOWN — [wear down] vt (1803): to weary and overcome by persistent resistance or pressure
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WEAR DOWN — wear down | ˌwear sth ↔ ˈdown to become, or make sth become, gradually smaller or smoother by continuously using …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WEAR DOWN — wear down phrasal verb ( see also ↑ wear ) 1 . to gradually become flatter or smoother, or to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WEAR DOWN — 1. If you wear something down or if it wears down , it becomes flatter or smoother as a result …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WEAR DOWN — 1. If you wear something down or if it wears down, it becomes flatter or smoother as a result of …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
WEAR DOWN
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
WEAR DOWN — = wear away
Slang English vocab
WEAR DOWN — Function: verb Synonyms: TIRE 1, drain, fatigue, jade, wear, weary
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
WEAR DOWN — verb Synonyms: tire 1, drain, fatigue, jade, wear, weary
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
WEAR DOWN — phr verb
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
WEAR DOWN — phr verb Wear down is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ opposition
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
WEAR DOWN — become dull or weak, use until worn Confinement in a prison began to wear down his spirit.
English Idioms vocab
WEAR DOWN — become dull or weak, use until worn Confinement in a prison began to wear down his spirit.
English Idioms vocabulary
WEAR DOWN — 1) стирать(ся), изнашивать(ся) the record is worn down ≈ эта пластинка истерлась 2) преодолевать (сопротивление и т. п.); опровергать (аргументы) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WEAR DOWN — Утомлять
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
WEAR DOWN — phr v 1. 1> стирать, изнашивать 2> стираться, изнашиваться the heels of these shoes are worn down - у этих …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WEAR DOWN — изнашиваться, стираться
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
WEAR DOWN — стирать(ся), изнашивать(ся); преодолевать (сопротивление и т. п.); опровергать (аргументы); утомлять (кого-л.)
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
WEAR DOWN — phr v 1. 1) стирать, изнашивать 2) стираться, изнашиваться the heels of these shoes are worn down - у этих …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
WEAR DOWN — phr v 1. 1> стирать, изнашивать 2> стираться, изнашиваться the heels of these shoes are worn down - у этих …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
WEAR DOWN — стирать, изнашивать, утомлять, опровергать, преодолевать
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
WEAR DOWN — стирать, изнашивать, утомлять, опровергать, преодолевать
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
WEAR DOWN — 1) стирать(ся), изнашивать(ся) the record is worn down — эта пластинка истерлась 2) преодолевать ( сопротивление и т. п. ) …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
WEAR DOWN — 1) стирать(ся), изнашивать(ся) the record is worn down — эта пластинка истерлась 2) преодолевать (сопротивление и т. п.); опровергать (аргументы) Our endless gunfire …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
WEAR DOWN — а> стирать(ся), изнашивать(ся); the record is worn down эта пластинка истерлась; б> преодолевать (сопротивление и т. п.); опровергать (аргументы); Our …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
WEAR DOWN — а. стирать(ся), изнашивать(ся); the record is worn down эта пластинка истерлась; б. преодолевать (сопротивление и т. п.); опровергать (аргументы); Our …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
WEAR DOWN — стирать(ся), изнашивать(ся); преодолевать (сопротивление и т. п.); опровергать (аргументы); утомлять (кого-л.)
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
WEAR DOWN — Изнашивать
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
WEAR DOWN — Вытирать
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
WEAR DOWN — Вытереть
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
WEAR DOWN — утомлять
English-Russian Online Dictionary
WEAR DOWN — подвергаться износу (от истирания)
Англо-Русский словарь по полиграфии и издательскому делу
WEAR DOWN — 1) стирать(ся), изнашивать(ся) the record is worn down ≈ эта пластинка истерлась 2) преодолевать (сопротивление и т. п.); опровергать (аргументы) …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
WEAR — I. ˈwa(a)](ə)r, ˈwe], ]ə verb ( wore ˈwō(ə)r, ˈwȯ(ə)r, -ōə, -ȯ(ə) ; worn ˈwō(ə)rn, ˈwȯ(ə)rn, -ōən, -ȯ(ə)n ; or nonstandard …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOWN — I. ˈdau̇n noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English doun hill, from Old English dūn; akin to Middle Dutch dūne …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WEAR — — wearer , n. /wair/ , v. , wore, worn, wearing , n. v.t. 1. to carry or have on …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOWN — down 1 /down/ , adv. 1. from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WEAR — I. ˈwer verb ( wore ˈwȯr ; worn ˈwȯrn ; wear·ing ) Etymology: Middle English weren, from Old English werian; …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DOWN — I. ˈdau̇n adverb Etymology: Middle English doun, from Old English dūne, short for adūne, of dūne, from a- (from of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WEAR — noun ·same·as weir. 2. wear ·vt to form or shape by, or as by, attrition. 3. wear ·noun the thing …
Webster English vocab
DOWN — adj downcast; as, a down look. 2. down ·adv from a remoter or higher antiquity. 3. down ·vt to cover, …
Webster English vocab
WEAR — the removal of material from a solid surface as a result of mechanical action exerted by another solid. Wear chiefly …
Britannica English vocabulary
WEAR — / weə(r); NAmE wer/ verb , noun ■ verb ( wore / wɔː(r); NAmE / worn / wɔːn; NAmE wɔːrn/) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOWN — / daʊn; NAmE / adverb , preposition , verb , adjective , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WEAR — I. wear 1 S1 W1 /weə $ wer/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense wore /wɔː $ wɔːr/, past participle …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DOWN — I. down 1 S1 W1 /daʊn/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . TO A LOWER POSITION to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WEAR — v. & n. --v. (past wore; past part. worn) 1 tr. have on one's person as clothing or an ornament …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DOWN — adv., prep., adj., v., & n. --adv. (superl. downmost) 1 into or towards a lower place, esp. to the ground …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WEAR — v. & n. v. (past wore; past part. worn) 1 tr. have on one's person as clothing or an ornament …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DOWN — adv., prep., adj., v., & n. adv. (superl. downmost) 1 into or towards a lower place, esp. to the ground …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WEAR — 1. v. & n. --v. (past wore; past part. worn) 1. tr. have on one's person as clothing or an …
Oxford English vocab
DOWN — 1. adv., prep., adj., v., & n. --adv. (superl. downmost) 1. into or towards a lower place, esp. to the …
Oxford English vocab
DOWN — I. PREPOSITION AND ADVERB USES /daʊn/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WEAR — ( wears, wearing, wore, worn) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. When …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WEAR — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES an effect wears off (= gradually stops ) ▪ The effect of the anaesthetic …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DOWN — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bird swoops down (= it suddenly flies down ) ▪ The bird swoops …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DOWN
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DOWN — n. back down bear down beat down bog down boil down bowl down break down bring down broken down buckle …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
DOWN — INDEX: 1. moving down 2. to go down 3. when the sun goes down 4. to go down under the …
Longman Activator English vocab
WEAR
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

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