1. To empty or unload, as the vessels of human system, by bloodletting or by medicine.
2. To reduce by destroying or consuming the vital powers of; to exhaust, as a country of its strength or resources, a treasury of money, etc.

1. To become ground down or deteriorate; SYN. gnaw, gnaw at, eat at, wear away.
2. To remove soil or rock, as of wind or water; SYN. eat away, fret.

1. To wear out by overuse; to make trite or commonplace.
2. To carry in a hackney coach.
four-wheeled two-horse carriage

To consume or exhaust by using; to leave nothing of

To weary and overcome by persistent resistance or pressure.

1. To consume, or render useless, by attrition or decay
2. To waste the strength of; as, an old man worn out in military service.