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wear down - translation to greek
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
WEAR; WEAR (disambiguation)
wear down
φθείρω
wear out
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DAMAGING, GRADUAL REMOVAL OR DEFORMATION OF MATERIAL AT SOLID SURFACES
Wear (physics); Wear resistance; Abrasive wear; Worn; Timeworn; Outworn; Out-worn; Out worn; Worn out; Worn-out; Wornout; Outwearing; Out-wearing; Out wearing; Wearing out; Wearing-out; Wearingout; Outwear; Out-wear; Out wear; Wearout; Wear-out; Wear out; Outwears; Out-wears; Out wears; Wearsout; Wears-out; Wears out; Outwore; Out-wore; Out wore; Woreout; Wore-out; Wore out; Adhesive wear; Adhesive wear (material); Wear pattern; Wear patterns; Microwear; Wear (erosion); Erosive wear
κατατρίβω, εξαντλώ
worn out
DAMAGING, GRADUAL REMOVAL OR DEFORMATION OF MATERIAL AT SOLID SURFACES
Wear (physics); Wear resistance; Abrasive wear; Worn; Timeworn; Outworn; Out-worn; Out worn; Worn out; Worn-out; Wornout; Outwearing; Out-wearing; Out wearing; Wearing out; Wearing-out; Wearingout; Outwear; Out-wear; Out wear; Wearout; Wear-out; Wear out; Outwears; Out-wears; Out wears; Wearsout; Wears-out; Wears out; Outwore; Out-wore; Out wore; Woreout; Wore-out; Wore out; Adhesive wear; Adhesive wear (material); Wear pattern; Wear patterns; Microwear; Wear (erosion); Erosive wear
adj. πεπαλαιωμένος, τετριμμένος, ξεθεωμένος, παλαιός, εξηντλημένος
Definition
wear down
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.
PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V P, V n P
2.
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.
PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V n P
Wikipedia
Wear (disambiguation)
Wear is the erosion of material from a solid surface by the action of another material.
Wear may also refer to:
- Putting on clothing
- River Wear, in North East England
- WEAR-TV, an ABC affiliate in Pensacola, Florida, U.S.
- World Engineering Anthropometry Resource, (WEAR), a non-profit group for sharing anthropometric data
- Wear (journal), a scientific journal
- Wear (surname), includes a list of people with the name
- Wearing ship or jibe, a sailing maneuver
Examples of use of wear down
1. Somebody, somewhere had to suffer to wear down Hitler‘s Wehrmacht.
2. This will relax them and wear down their guard. 3.
3. Both governments apparently still believe they can "wear down" the islanders‘ resolve.
4. "Perhaps this is to wear down the Dalai Lama and threaten his power base," Barnett said.
5. They do believe, however, that they can wear down our will as a nation.