(US) Alternative form of wear the trousers

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wear thin

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wear off

(Britain, idiomatic) (typically of a woman) To be the dominant partner in a relationship. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wear, trouser.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wear the trousers

(intransitive) to diminish in effect / (intransitive) to disappear because of being abraded, over-polished, or abused

Damage or depreciation resulting from ordinary use (normally as something excluded from a guarantee or warranty of quality, or as justifying a write-down in a set of accounts).

A metropolitan county in the north-east of England, bordering County Durham and Northumberland.

(idiomatic) In poor physical condition due to long or heavy use. / (idiomatic) Drunk.

To erode gradually and progressively.