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wear up

wear up verb: to tire; to become tired.

Verb

wear up (third-person singular simple present wears up, present participle wearing up, simple past wore up, past participle worn up)

  1. (intransitive) To tire; to become tired
    • ["']The horses soon wear up, or get diseased, and they come for another pair.' That," said Max, "is what he said in my hearing, and you can judge for yourself."[1877], Anna Sewell, “A Strike for Liberty”, in Black Beauty: […], London: Jarrold and Sons, […], →OCLC, part II, page 109

Forms of wear up

third-person singular presentwears up
present participlewearing up
pastwore up
past participleworn up

Questions about wear up

What does wear up mean?
Wear up means to tire; to become tired.
What part of speech is wear up?
Wear up is a verb.
What is the past tense of wear up?
The past tense of wear up is wore up.

Words near wear up in the dictionary

  1. wear the trousers
  2. wear thin
  3. wear through
  4. wear too many hats
  5. wear two hats
  6. wear up
  7. wear weary
  8. wear yellow stockings
  9. wearabilities
  10. wearability
  11. wearable

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