Worn or ground down by rubbing, scraping, etc. Also figurative. Cf. attrited, adj.

Impaired by wear or use, or by exposure; showing the results of use or attrition.

Eaten or worn into holes, chafed.

Bruised and shattered by repeated blows; worn and defaced by rough or hard usage, the chances of time, etc. Often figurative.

Well worn; worn out by rubbing; frayed; of a road or path, well-trod, beaten, frequented.

Worn away, effaced, or eroded; worn out, dilapidated; atrophied. Now, chiefly (Medicine and Biology): persisting but no longer functional or active.

Bruised or worn; trodden under foot.

Subjected to attrition, esp. worn down by continued friction or pressure. Also figurative. Cf. earlier attrite, adj. 1.

In the senses of the verb.

With adverb. (See also worn-out, adj.) in senses 1 2 above.