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wears up

wears up is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

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What is wears up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Wears up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of wear up.

Words near wears up in the dictionary

  1. wears the pants
  2. wears the trousers
  3. wears thin
  4. wears through
  5. wears too many hats
  6. wears up
  7. wears yellow stockings
  8. Wearside
  9. Wearsider
  10. Wearsiders
  11. weary

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