wearing

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: wearing

1	n adj	(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it) producing exhaustion
2	n	the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: wearing

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marks on a glaciated rock caused by the movement of a glacier; ablation
the erosive process that reduces the size of glaciers; abrasion, attrition, corrasion, detrition
erosion by friction; beach erosion
the erosion of beaches; deflation
(geology) the erosion of soil as a consequence of sand and dust and loose rocks being removed by the wind; planation
the process of erosion whereby a level surface is produced; soil erosion
the washing away of soil by the flow of water; wash, washout
the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway)

Type of:: geologic process, geological process
(geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified

“the visit was especially wearing”

Type of:: act, deed, human action, human activity
something that people do or cause to happen

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