wear

/weər/ v [I/T] (past tense wore /wɔr/, /woʊr/, past participle worn /wɔrn/, /woʊrn/) (WEAKEN)

Definition

› to make something become weaker, damaged, or thinner because of continuous use: [I] My favorite shirt wore at the collar. [T] I wore a hole in my favorite sweater. [M] Wind and water slowly wore away the mountain’s jagged peak, making it round.

(Definition of wear v (WEAKEN) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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