Definition of wearing
Adjectives
producing exhaustion
"the visit was especially wearing"
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- exhausting, tiring, wearying
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effortful
requiring great physical effort
Nouns
(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)
- Synonyms:
- eating away, eroding, erosion, wearing away
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chatter mark
marks on a glaciated rock caused by the movement of a glacier
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ablation
the erosive process that reduces the size of glaciers
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abrasion, attrition, corrasion, detrition
erosion by friction
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beach erosion
the erosion of beaches
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deflation
(geology) the erosion of soil as a consequence of sand and dust and loose rocks being removed by the wind
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planation
the process of erosion whereby a level surface is produced
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soil erosion
the washing away of soil by the flow of water
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wash, washout
the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway)
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geologic process, geological process
(geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified
the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment
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- wear
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act, deed, human action, human activity
something that people do or cause to happen
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