What does "wearing" mean?

The mechanical process of eroding or grinding.

What is a synonym for "wearing"?

Common synonyms include: ablation, boring, burdensome, burdensome, consumption, decrease.

//ˈwɛɹɪŋ// adj, name, noun, verb

adj, name, noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Noun

1
The mechanical process of eroding or grinding.
2
the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment wordnet
3
The act by which something is worn.
"formal crown-wearings"
4
(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it), also figuratively wordnet
5
That which is worn; clothes; garments.
"Give me my nightly wearing and adieu."

Verb

Adjective

1
Intended to be worn. not-comparable
"Clothes used to be called wearing apparel."
2
Causing tiredness; trying to a person's patience.
"[The biography] also displays a rather wearing fidelity to chronology that gives rise to too many summer holidays at the beginning of the book and too many royalty statements towards the end."
3
Causing erosion.
4
That wears (deteriorate through use), and may eventually wear out.
"Comparison of the four bogie designs shows that the Rugby-built A.E.I. bogie has the least number of components and a minimum of metallic wearing surfaces."