Cover and Wear down

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Cover verb - To serve as a replacement usually for a time only.

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Wear down and cover are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wear down" instead a verb "Cover".

Nearby Words: covered, covering, coverage, coverlet

Wear down verb - Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress.

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Cover and wear down are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cover" instead a verb "Wear down".

Adaptational Modesty: As the cover shown above indicates, Pi ends up naked at some point during his journey in the book, after the wind and sea begins to wear down on his clothes until there's nothing left of them.

Source: Literature / Life of Pi

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