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.

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)