Nouns (3)
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wear
n. impairment resulting from long use; "the tires showed uneven wear"
wear, wearing
n. the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment; "she bought it for everyday wear"
Verbs (24)
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wear
v. have in one's aspect; wear an expression of one's attitude or personality; "He always wears a smile"
wear
v. have or show an appearance of; "wear one's hair in a certain way"
wear, have on
v. be dressed in; "She was wearing yellow that day"
wear, bear
v. have on one's person; "He wore a red ribbon"; "bear a scar"
wear, hold out, endure
v. last and be usable; "This dress wore well for almost ten years"
break, wear, wear out, bust, fall apart
v. go to pieces; "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely"
wear, wear off, wear out, wear down, wear thin
v. deteriorate through use or stress; "The constant friction wore out the cloth"
wear, put on, get into, don, assume
v. put clothing on one's body; "What should I wear today?"; "He put on his best suit for the wedding"; "The princess donned a long blue dress"; "The queen assumed the stately robes"; "He got into his jeans"
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Fuzzynyms (35)
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disintegration
n. a loss (or serious disruption) of organization in some system; "a disintegration of personality"
service
n. (law) the acts performed by an English feudal tenant for the benefit of his lord which formed the consideration for the property granted to him
utilization
n. the state of having been made use of; "the rate of utilization"
disintegrate
v. break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity; "The material disintegrated"; "the group disintegrated after the leader died"
crumble, fall apart
v. break or fall apart into fragments; "The cookies crumbled"; "The Sphinx is crumbling"
detach, come off, come away
v. come to be detached; "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery"
disjoin, disjoint
v. become separated, disconnected or disjoint
separate, divide, part
v. come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated"
chafe, excoriate
v. tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading; "This leash chafes the dog's neck"
powderize, pulverize, pulverise, powderise
v. become powder or dust; "When it was blown up, the building powderized"
crack, check, break
v. become fractured; break or crack on the surface only; "The glass cracked when it was heated"
disintegrate
v. cause to undergo fission or lose particles
gasify, vaporize, vaporise, aerify
v. turn into gas; "The substance gasified"
deck, bedight, bedeck
v. decorate; "deck the halls with holly"
dress, dress up
v. dress in a certain manner; "She dresses in the latest Paris fashion"; "he dressed up in a suit and tie"
take, submit
v. accept or undergo, often unwillingly; "We took a pay cut"
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Antonyms (18)
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die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it
v. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"
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