Base verb
Phrasal verbs with wear
The verb wear combines with 6 particles to form everyday phrasal verbs. Each particle steers the meaning in its own direction — here they are with clear definitions and examples, so you can see the whole family at once.
6 phrasal verbs · 6 meanings
wear away
1 sense- Erode by use or time
wear down
1 sense- Gradually make something or someone weaker
wear in
1 sense- Use new shoes or clothes until they fit or feel comfortable
wear off
1 sense- Gradually disappear
wear out
1 sense- Become unusable through use
wear through
1 sense- Make a hole in something by friction or long use
Practice the wear family in Sink In
Sink In drills every sense of wear with spaced repetition — recognition, particle cloze, and meaning recall — so the whole family sticks instead of blurring together.