wear thin
be worn out, grow shabby from frequent use; wear out, grow shabby from frequent use
wore thin
frayed, wore out, exhausted
wear thin
Verb
1. deteriorate through use or stress; "The constant friction wore out the cloth"
(synonym) wear, wear off, wear out
(hypernym) deteriorate
(hyponym) ablate
wear thin
Synonyms and related words:
bomb, break, cave in, collapse, come apart, come unstuck, conk out, crumble, decline, disintegrate, droop, drop, fade, fail, faint, fall flat, fizzle out, flag, give out, give way, go downhill, go soft, go to pieces, hit the skids, languish, peg out, peter out, pine, poop out, sink, weaken, wear away, wilt, yield
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
wear thin
phrv. ใช้จนบาง; ทำให้น้อยลง, ทำให้อ่อนลง, ทำให้ลดลง