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wear
[wair]
verb (used with object)
to carry or have on the body or about the person as a covering, equipment, ornament, or the like.
to wear a coat;
to wear a saber;
to wear a disguise.
to have or use on the person habitually.
to wear a wig.
to bear or have in one's aspect or appearance.
to wear a smile;
to wear an air of triumph.
to cause (garments, linens, etc.) to deteriorate or change by wear.
Hard use has worn these gloves.
to impair, deteriorate, or consume gradually by use or any continued process.
Long illness had worn the bloom from her cheeks.
to waste or diminish gradually by rubbing, scraping, washing, etc..
The waves have worn these rocks.
to make (a hole, channel, way, etc.) by such action.
to bring about or cause a specified condition in (a person or thing) by use, deterioration, or gradual change.
You'll wear that outfit to rags if you don't take better care of it.
Years of hard labor had worn him to a shadow.
to weary; fatigue; exhaust.
Toil and care soon wear the spirit.
to pass (time) gradually or tediously (usually followed by away orout ).
We wore the afternoon away in arguing.
Nautical.Ìýto bring (a vessel) on another tack by turning until the wind is on the stern.
British Dialect.Ìýto gather and herd (sheep or cattle) to a pen or pasture.
verb (used without object)
to undergo gradual impairment, diminution, reduction, etc., from wear, use, attrition, or other causes (often followed by away, down, out, oroff ).
to retain shape, color, usefulness, value, etc., under wear, use, or any continued strain.
a strong material that will wear;
colors that wear well.
(of time) to pass, especially slowly or tediously (often followed by on oraway ).
As the day wore on, we had less and less to talk about.
to have the quality of being easy or difficult to tolerate, especially after a relatively long association.
It's hard to get to know him, but he wears well.
Nautical.Ìý(of a vessel) to come round on another tack by turning away from the wind.
Obsolete.Ìýto be commonly worn; to be in fashion.
noun
the act of wearing; use, as of a garment.
articles for winter wear;
I've had a lot of wear out of this coat.
I had to throw away the shirt after only three wears.
the state of being worn, as on the person.
clothing or other articles for wearing; especially when fashionable or appropriate for a particular function (often used in combination).
travel wear;
sportswear.
gradual impairment, wasting, diminution, etc., as from use.
The carpet shows wear.
the quality of resisting deterioration with use; durability.
verb phrase
wear
1/ ·Éɛə /
verb
(tr) to carry or have (a garment, etc) on one's person as clothing, ornament, etc
(tr) to carry or have on one's person habitually
she wears a lot of red
(tr) to have in one's aspect
to wear a smile
(tr) to display, show, or fly
a ship wears its colours
to deteriorate or cause to deteriorate by constant use or action
to produce or be produced by constant rubbing, scraping, etc
to wear a hole in one's trousers
to bring or be brought to a specified condition by constant use or action
to wear a tyre to shreds
(intr) to submit to constant use or action in a specified way
his suit wears well
(tr) to harass or weaken
(of time) to pass or be passed slowly
slangÌý(tr) to accept
Larry won't wear that argument
to change the tack of a sailing vessel, esp a square-rigger, by coming about so that the wind passes astern
noun
the act of wearing or state of being worn
anything designed to be worn
leisure wear
( in combination )
nightwear
deterioration from constant or normal use or action
the quality of resisting the effects of constant use
Wear
2/ ·Éɪə /
noun
a river in NE England, rising in NW Durham and flowing southeast then northeast to the North Sea at Sunderland. Length: 105 km (65 miles)
wear
3/ ·Éɛə /
verb
nautical to tack by gybing instead of by going through stays
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
- wearer noun
- rewear verb
- ˈ·É±ð²¹°ù±ð°ù noun
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of wear1
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of wear1
Origin of wear2
Idioms and Phrases
wear thin,
to diminish; weaken.
My patience is wearing thin.
to become less appealing, interesting, tolerable, etc..
childish antics that soon wore thin.
Example Sentences
"You would play against other teams and they'd be wearing colourful boots that you wanted to wear, because your idols wore colourful boots," says Gomes.
Police are hunting for the suspect, Vance Luther Boelter, who wore a latex mask and posed as an officer to shoot the victims at their homes in suburban Minneapolis, before escaping on foot.
Angel City FC players and staff wore shirts in support of immigrants before the team’s match on Saturday.
Although people will be allowed back into fire-affected communities, public safety and health authorities are asking them to exercise caution, such as wearing an N-95 mask to prevent exposure to toxic dust.
Then, the video cuts to Nezza — who was wearing a Dominican Republic shirt — signing a Spanish version of the Star-Spangled Banner on the field ahead of the Dodgers’ win against the San Francisco Giants.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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