verb
Etymology: Middle English weren out, from weren to wear + out
transitive verb
1. : to make useless especially by long or hard usage
wore out four pairs of gloves shaking 6000 hands — Jane Muskie
2. : harass , tire , exhaust
economic sections are so detailed … that they wear out the reader — R.V.Harlow
hope you're not going to wear yourself out waiting on him — Ellen Glasgow
3. : erase , efface
4. : to endure through : outlast
wear out a storm
5. : to consume (as time) tediously
wear out idle days
6. dialect : beat , whip
things mama used to say she'd wear us out for saying — Lillian Smith
intransitive verb
: to become useless from long or excessive wear or use
when a field is wearing out, the corn growing shorter and bearing fewer ears — Merran McCulloch