wear off

English

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) to diminish in effect

   The effect of the injection will gradually wear off.

   • 1953 March, C. R. Clinker, “New Light on the Leicester Swannington Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 197:

     […] the decline in passengers was attributed to the uncertainty of the weather, but one suspects it was really due to the novelty of a ride on the railway having worn off.

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

   The silver plating on that cheap silverware will wear off.

Translations

to diminish in effect

• French: s’atténuer (fr), s’estomper (fr)
• Japanese: 消える (ja) (kieru)
• Polish: przechodzić (pl) impf, przejść (pl) pf, zanikać (pl) impf, zaniknąć (pl) pf
• Russian: смягча́ться (ru) (smjaxčátʹsja), слабе́ть (ru) (slabétʹ)

to disappear because of being abraded, over-polished, or abused

• French: s’estomper (fr), s’élimer (fr)
• Japanese: 消える (ja) (kieru)
• Polish: ścierać się (pl) impf, zetrzeć się pf, schodzić (pl) impf, zejść (pl) pf
• Russian: стира́ться (ru) (stirátʹsja)
• Telugu: అరిగిపోవు (te) (arigipōvu)