1. Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
   - tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, outwear, wear down, fag out [Brit, informal], fag [informal], fatigue, knacker [Brit, informal]
    
2. Become damaged, weakened, or useless through use
   "The gears wore out"; "The old shoes finally wore out";
   - wear
    
3. Deteriorate through use or stress
   "The constant friction wore out the cloth";
   - wear, wear down, wear thin

Derived forms: wore out, wearing out, wears out, worn out

Type of: crumble, decay, deteriorate, dilapidate, indispose

Encyclopedia: Wear out