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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. last longer than others;
- Example: "This material outwears all others"

2. exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress;
- Example: "We wore ourselves out on this hike"
[syn: tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Outwear \Out*wear"\, v. t. 1. To wear out; to consume or destroy by wearing. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. To last longer than; to outlast; as, this cloth will outwear the other. "If I the night outwear." --Pope. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

outwear v 1: last longer than others; "This material outwears all others" 2: exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike" [syn: tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue] [ant: freshen, refresh, refreshen]