Meaning

2 senses
  1. (intransitive)To diminish in effect

    The effect of the injection will gradually wear off.

    My passion for football has worn off –I'm into into women's volleyball now.

    смягча́тьсяsmjaxčátʹsja, слабе́тьslabétʹ

    diminish, as by friction

  2. (intransitive)To disappear because of being abraded, over-polished, or abused

    The silver plating on that cheap silverware will wear off.

    стира́тьсяstirátʹsja

Examples

32 sentences
  1. The effects of the medicine were wearing off.

    deDie Wirkung der Medizin nahm allmählich ab. — boscowitch

  2. The effect of the drug had worn off.

    deDer Effekt der Medizin war vergangen. — xtofu80

  3. The novelty wears off in time.

  4. The novelty will wear off in time.

  5. A novelty wears off in time.

    Новизна зношується з часом. — ChickenKiev

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Translations

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By meaning 2
to diminish in effect:
to disappear because of being abraded, over-polished, or abused:
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