Related Words for wear away

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erode
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Verb, Verb
gnaw
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Verb, Verb, Noun
gnaw at
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Phrase, Noun, Verb
wear off
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Phrase, Verb
whittle away
/xx/
Phrase, Verb
whittle down
/x/
Phrase, Verb
eat away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
wear
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Noun
die away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
wear down
//
Phrase, Verb
fade away
/xx
Phrase, Verb, Noun
melt away
/xx
Phrase, Verb
eat out
//
Phrase, Verb
chip away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
waste
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Noun
wear out
//
Phrase, Verb
corrode
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Verb
consume
x/
Verb
wash
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Noun
attrition
x/x
Noun
drain away
/xx
Phrase, Verb
waste away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
undermine
/xx
Verb
fall away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
fritter away
/xx/
Phrase, Verb
wash out
//
Phrase, Verb
slip away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
diminish
x/x
Verb
wear on
//
Phrase, Verb
wear thin
//
Phrase, Verb
seep
/
Noun
fade
/
Noun
mine
/
Noun
burn away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
attenuate
x/xx
Verb
weaken
/x
Verb
die out
//
Phrase, Verb
burn in
/x
Phrase, Verb
dwindle
/x
Verb
decay
x/
Noun
gully
/x
Noun
break down
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
spend
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Verb
fret
/
Noun
wane
/
Noun
drill
/
Noun
work
/
Noun
weary
/x
Adjective
taper
/x
Noun
strip away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
creep
/
Noun
melt into
/x/
Phrase, Verb
depreciate
x/xx
Verb
make away with
/x//
Phrase, Verb
wash away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
tear to pieces
///x
Phrase, Verb
sear
/
Noun
pass off
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Phrase, Verb
nibble
/x
Noun
rub off
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Phrase, Verb
canker
/x
Noun
degrade
x/
Verb
take away
/xx
Phrase, Verb, Noun
lapse
/
Noun
chew
/
Noun
while away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
atrophy
/xx
Noun
take it out of
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Phrase, Verb
devour
x/x
Verb
taper off
/x/
Phrase, Verb
fine
/
Adjective
take the edge off
/x//
Phrase, Verb
grow apart
/x/
Phrase, Verb
bark
/
Noun
tear apart
/x/
Phrase, Verb
soften
/x
Verb
languish
/x
Verb
rust
/
Noun
drain
/
Noun
chafe
/
Noun
deteriorate
x/xxx
Verb
bleed
/
Noun
impair
x/
Verb
efface
x/
Verb
go to pieces
///x
Phrase, Verb
decompose
xx/
Verb
dissolve
x/
Verb
draw away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
graduate
/xx
Noun
digest
x/
Noun
slacken
/x
Verb
droop
/
Noun
worm
/
Noun
lessen
/x
Verb
wash over
//x
Phrase, Verb
perish
/x
Verb
encroach
x/
Verb
fall off
//
Phrase, Verb
welter
/x
Noun
tail off
//
Phrase, Verb
loosen
/x
Verb
tear up
//
Phrase, Verb
undercut
/xx
Adjective
tear at
//
Phrase, Verb
dissipate
/xx
Verb
take away from
/x//
Phrase, Verb
polish off
/x/
Phrase, Verb
slack off
//
Phrase, Verb
devolve
x/
Verb
amortize
/xx
Verb
wipe out
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
fray
/
Noun
graze
/
Verb
grind
/
Noun
run down
//
Phrase, Verb
carve up
//
Phrase, Verb
ruin
/x
Noun
use up
//
Phrase, Verb
craze
/
Noun
bate
/
Noun
burn off
//
Phrase, Verb
blow away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
lose
/
Verb
wrinkle
/x
Noun
attack
x/
Noun
melt
/
Noun
die off
//
Phrase, Verb
tarnish
/x
Noun
sculpt
/
Noun
abducted
x/x
Adjective
abrasion
x/x
Noun
abroad
x/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
absence
/x
Noun
absent
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
accessory
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
actuator
/xxx
Noun
address
/x
Noun, Verb
afield
x/
Adverb
again
x/
Adverb
ahead
x/
Adverb
alone
x/
Adverb, Adjective
aloof
x/
Adjective, Adverb
already
x/x
Adverb
apart
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
apparel
x/x
Noun, Verb
apply
x/
Verb, Adjective
are
/
Noun
array
x/
Noun, Verb
aside
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
assume
x/
Verb
attire
x/x
Noun, Verb
avoid
x/
Verb
back
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
backwards
/x
Adverb, Adjective
baggy
/x
Adjective, Noun
barely
/x
Adverb
bear
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
beat
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
beautiful
/xx
Adjective, Noun
because
x/
Adverb
before
x/
Adverb
behind
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
below
x/
Adverb, Noun
better
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
beyond
x/
Adverb, Noun
black
/
Adjective, Name, Verb
blue
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
brace
/
Noun, Verb
break
/
Verb, Noun
breakage
/x
Noun
bring
/
Verb
bruising
/x
Adjective, Noun
bust
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
by
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
carry
/x
Verb, Noun
cause
/
Noun, Verb
change
/
Noun, Verb
clear
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
close
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
cloth
/
Noun
clothe
/
Verb
coldest
/x
Adjective
college
/x
Noun
come
/
Verb, Noun
concentrate
/xx
Verb, Noun
concern
x/
Noun, Verb
contain
x/
Verb
continued
x/x
Adjective, Noun
corrosion
x/x
Noun
costume
x/
Noun, Verb
cover
/x
Verb, Noun, Adjective
dead
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
deal
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
decline
x/
Noun, Verb
delay
x/
Noun, Verb
delete
x/
Verb, Noun
departed
x/x
Adjective, Noun
departure
x/x
Noun
depletion
x/x
Noun
depopulated
x/xxx
Adjective
deterioration
x/xxxx
Noun
devastated
/xxx
Adjective
devote
x/
Verb, Adjective
disappear
xx/
Verb
display
x/
Noun, Verb
dissipation
xx/x
Noun
distance
/x
Noun, Verb
distant
/x
Adjective
don
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Name, Verb
door
/
Noun, Verb
down
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
draw
/
Verb, Noun
dress
/
Noun, Verb
duds
/
Noun
durability
xx/xx
Noun
eat
/
Verb, Noun
eliminate
x/xx
Verb
elimination
xxx/x
Noun
elsewhere
/x
Adverb, Noun
embroidered
x/x
Adjective, Verb
endure
x/
Verb
eradicate
x/xx
Verb
erase
x/
Verb, Noun
erosion
x/x
Noun
exertion
x/x
Noun
exhaust
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
exhaustion
x/x
Noun
expense
x/
Noun, Verb
extend
x/
Verb, Noun
externally
x/xx
Adverb
fall apart
/x/
Phrase, Verb
far
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
faraway
/x/
Noun, Adjective
fast
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
fasten
/x
Verb
fatigue
x/
Noun, Verb
fern
/
Noun
file
/
Noun, Verb
finery
/xx
Noun
flashy
/x
Adjective
focus
/x
Noun, Verb
footwear
/x
Noun
forever
x/x
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
forsaken
x/x
Adjective
forth
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
forthwith
//
Adverb
forward
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
fouling
/x
Noun
free
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
freshen
/x
Verb
friction
/x
Noun
from
/
Noun
gallus
/x
Noun
garb
/
Noun, Verb
garment
/x
Noun, Verb
gate
/
Noun, Verb
gaudy
/x
Adjective, Noun
get
/
Verb, Noun
get into
/x/
Phrase, Verb
give
/
Verb, Noun
go
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
goodbye
x/
Noun, Verb
gray
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
grey
/
Adjective, Name, Verb
handmade
//
Adjective, Noun
harbour
/x
Noun, Verb
hardship
/x
Noun, Verb
hat
/
Noun, Verb
have
/
Verb, Noun
have on
//
Phrase, Verb
headdress
/x
Noun
headgear
/x
Noun
heartbeat
/x
Noun
hence
/
Adverb, Verb, Noun
here
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
hold
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
hold out
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
home
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
immediately
x/xxx
Adverb
in
x
Verb, Adverb, Noun, Adjective
inaccessible
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
inaccurate
x/xx
Adjective
include
x/
Verb, Noun
increase
x/
Noun, Verb
independently
xx/xx
Adverb
inflict
x/
Verb
ironed
/x
Adjective
it
/
Noun, Adjective
jade
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
jesus
/x
Name, Verb
keep
/
Verb, Noun
knitted
/x
Adjective
knitwear
/x
Noun
later
/x
Adverb, Adjective
laundered
/x
Verb