verb
- Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress.
- usage: "We wore ourselves out on this hike"
- Go to pieces.
- usage: "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely"
- synonyms: break, wear, wear out, bust, fall apart
- Deteriorate through use or stress.
- usage: "The constant friction wore out the cloth"
adjective
- Drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted.
- usage: "the day's shopping left her exhausted"; "he went to bed dog-tired"; "was fagged and sweaty"; "the trembling of his played out limbs"; "felt completely washed-out"; "only worn-out horses and cattle"; "you look worn out"
- synonyms: exhausted, dog-tired, fagged, fatigued, played out, spent, washed-out, worn-out
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