Dutch-English translations for slijten

• use up
• wear away
• wear off
  The effect of the injection will gradually wear off.
  The silver plating on that cheap silverware will wear off.
• wear out
  They may end up with quieter tyres that are expensive, that wear out quickly and that allow cars to slide off the road and crash into trees! Straks hebben ze dan misschien stillere, maar dure banden, die bijzonder snel slijten, waardoor automobilisten sneller van de weg raken en tegen bomen botsen.
  Youre going to wear out that game if you keep playing so rough with it.
  He wears a pair of tennis shoes out every summer.

Related words

• afslijten
• uitslijten
• verslijten
• doorslijten