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wearing up

wearing up is the present participle and gerund of wear up.

Meaning of wear up

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

Questions about wearing up

What is wearing up the present participle and gerund of?
Wearing up is the present participle and gerund of wear up.

Words near wearing up in the dictionary

  1. wearing the pants
  2. wearing the trousers
  3. wearing thin
  4. wearing through
  5. wearing too many hats
  6. wearing up
  7. wearing yellow stockings
  8. wearingly
  9. wearings
  10. wearish
  11. wearishness

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