Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To wear out; to exhaust.

  2. (transitive)To wear (an item of clothing) too frequently.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. The seat covers are overworn.

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  2. The rest was sweet indeed to his exhausted and overworn frame, and he did not go far away from his fire.

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Origin

From over- + wear.

From over- + wear.

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Forms

overwears, overwearing, overwore, overworn
Base formoverwear · to overwear
3rd person singularoverwears
Present participleoverwearing
Past simpleoverwore
Past participleoverworn

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyoverwear
he, she, itoverwears

Past simpleLesson

all personsoverwore

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave overworn
he, she, ithas overworn

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill overwear

Synonyms

3 synonyms
wear out:exhaustC1taxB1wearA1

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
overuseoverviewoverweightA2overwhelmB1
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