wear off )

wear off ((of) something)

[for something] to be ground or rubbed away. (Of is usually retained before pronouns.) The paint has worn off the porch steps. The finish is wearing off.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Mallory	MAL-ə-ree	English (Modern)
Hattie	['hæti]
Ursus	-	Late Roman
Gozzo	-	Ancient Germanic
Reziko	-	Georgian
Maria	mah-REE-ah (Italian, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch), mə-REE-ə (Catalan, English), MAHR-yah (Polish), MAH-ree-ah (Finnish)	Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Occitan, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Faroese, Dutch, Frisian,