Word Study
outwear
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb outwear has 2 senses
- outwear(v = verb.stative) Array - last longer than others; "This material outwears all others" is one way to exceed, outdo, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surmount, surpass
- outwear(v = verb.body) fag, fag out, fatigue, jade, tire, tire out, wear, wear down, wear out, wear upon, weary - exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike" is one way to indispose
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
CIDE DICTIONARY
outwear, v. t.
- To wear out; to consume or destroy by wearing. Milton. [1913 Webster]
- To last longer than; to outlast; as, this cloth will outwear the other. Pope. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
outwear, v. & n.
--v.tr. (past -wore; past part. -worn)
1 exhaust; wear out; wear away.
2 live or last beyond the duration of.
3 (as outworn adj.) out of date, obsolete.
--n. outer clothing.
--v.tr. (past -wore; past part. -worn)
1 exhaust; wear out; wear away.
2 live or last beyond the duration of.
3 (as outworn adj.) out of date, obsolete.
--n. outer clothing.
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