| worn | | |
| adj. | 1. worn | affected by wear; damaged by long use.; "worn threads on the screw"; "a worn suit"; "the worn pockets on the jacket" |
| ~ old | of long duration; not new.; "old tradition"; "old house"; "old wine"; "old country"; "old friendships"; "old money" |
| ~ aged | at an advanced stage of erosion (pronounced as one syllable).; "aged rocks" |
| ~ attrited | worn by rubbing or friction. |
| ~ battered | damaged especially by hard usage.; "his battered old hat" |
| ~ clapped out | worn from age or heavy use and no longer able to operate (of cars or machines or people). |
| ~ creaky, decrepit, derelict, flea-bitten, run-down, woebegone | worn and broken down by hard use.; "a creaky shack"; "a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape"; "a flea-bitten sofa"; "a run-down neighborhood"; "a woebegone old shack" |
| ~ dog-eared, eared | worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.; "a somewhat dog-eared duke...a bit run down"; "an old book with dog-eared pages" |
| ~ eroded, scoured | worn away as by water or ice or wind. |
| ~ frayed | worn away or tattered along the edges.; "frayed cuffs" |
| ~ mangey, mangy | having many worn or threadbare spots in the nap.; "a mangy carpet"; "a mangy old fur coat" |
| ~ mothy, moth-eaten | worn or eaten away by (or as if by) moths.; "moth-eaten blankets" |
| ~ played out | worn out.; "a played out deck of cards" |
| ~ ragged | being or dressed in clothes that are worn or torn.; "clothes as ragged as a scarecrow's"; "a ragged tramp" |
| ~ raddled, worn-out | used until no longer useful.; "battered trumpets and raddled radios"; "worn-out shoes with flapping soles" |
| ~ moth-eaten, shabby, tatty, ratty | showing signs of wear and tear.; "a ratty old overcoat"; "shabby furniture"; "an old house with dirty windows and tatty curtains" |
| ~ scruffy, seedy | shabby and untidy.; "a surge of ragged scruffy children"; "he was soiled and seedy and fragrant with gin" |
| ~ shopsoiled, shopworn | worn or faded from being on display in a store.; "shopworn merchandise at half price" |
| ~ tatterdemalion, tattered | worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing.; "a man in a tattered shirt"; "the tattered flag"; "tied up in tattered brown paper"; "a tattered barefoot boy"; "a tatterdemalion prince" |
| ~ threadbare | having the nap worn away so that the threads show through.; "threadbare rugs" |
| ~ thumbed | (of pages) worn or soiled by thumb and fingers by frequent handling or turning.; "well-thumbed pages of the dictionary" |
| ~ vermiculate, worm-eaten, wormy | infested with or damaged (as if eaten) by worms. |
| ~ waterworn | (of rocks especially) worn smooth by the action of water. |
| ~ weathered, weatherworn, weather-beaten | worn by exposure to the weather.; "a house of weathered shingles" |
| ~ well-worn | showing signs of much wear or use. |
| adj. | 2. careworn, drawn, haggard, raddled, worn | showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering.; "looking careworn as she bent over her mending"; "her face was drawn and haggard from sleeplessness"; "that raddled but still noble face"; "shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face" |
| ~ tired | depleted of strength or energy.; "tired mothers with crying babies"; "too tired to eat" |
| sweep through | | |
| v. (social) | 1. ace, breeze through, nail, pass with flying colors, sail through, sweep through | succeed at easily.; "She sailed through her exams"; "You will pass with flying colors"; "She nailed her astrophysics course" |
| ~ make it, pass | go successfully through a test or a selection process.; "She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now" |
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