wear down

• POS: Verb (usu participle)

THESAURUS

wear down

ablate, abrade, affect, argue into, beat, bend, bias, bring over, bring round, bring to reason, burn out, captivate, charm, color, con, convince, debilitate, dispose, do in, do up, drain, draw over, enervate, erode, exhaust, fag, fag out, fatigue, flag, fray, frazzle, fret, gain, gain over, harass, hook, hook in, incline, induce, influence, jade, knock out, knock up, lead, move, outtalk, overfatigue, overstrain, overtire, overweary, persuade, poop, poop out, predispose, prevail on, prevail upon, prevail with, prompt, prostrate, rub off, sell, sell one on, soften up, sway, talk into, talk over, tatter, tinge, tire, tire out, tire to death, tone, tucker, use up, wangle, wangle into, weaken, wear, wear away, wear off, wear on, wear out, wear ragged, weary, weather, weigh with, wilt, win, win over, wind, work

ROGET THESAURUS

wear down

Contraction

VB become small, become smaller, lessen, decrease, grow less, dwindle, shrink, contract, narrow, shrivel, collapse, wither, lose flesh, wizen, fall away, waste, wane, ebb, decay, be smaller than, fall short of, not come up to, render smaller, lessen, diminish, contract, draw in, narrow, coarctate, boil down, constrict, constringe, condense, compress, squeeze, corrugate, crimp, crunch, crush, crumple up, warp, purse up, pack, squeeze, stow, pinch, tighten, strangle, cramp, dwarf, bedwarf, shorten, circumscribe, restrain, (subtraction) 38 abrade, pare, reduce, attenuate, rub down, scrape, file, file down, grind, grind down, chip, shave, shear, wear down.

Friction

VB rub, scratch, scrape, scrub, slide, fray, rasp, graze, curry, scour, polish, rub out, wear down, gnaw, file, grind, set one's teeth on edge, rosin.