15. wear to prevail upon or over by persistence; overcome: to wear down the opposition.
16. wear wear off, to diminish slowly or gradually or to diminish in effect; disappear: The drug began to wear off.
17. wear wear out,
18. wear to make or become unfit or useless through hard or extended use: to wear out clothes.
19. wear to expend, consume, or remove, esp. slowly or gradually.
20. wear to exhaust, as by continued strain; weary.
21. (n.)wear the act of wearing; use, as of a garment: articles for winter wear.
22. wear the state of being worn, as on the person.
23. wear clothing or other articles for wearing, esp. for a particular function, fashion, or type of person (often used in combination): sleepwear; sportswear.
24. wear gradual impairment, wasting, diminution, etc., as from use.
25. wear the quality of resisting deterioration with use; durability.
26. wear wear thin,
27. wear to diminish; weaken: My patience is wearing thin.
28. wear to become less appealing, interesting, tolerable, etc.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME weren to have (clothes) on, waste, damage, OE werian, c. OS werian, OHG werien, ON verja, Go wasjan to clothe; akin to L vestis clothing (see vest ))
Definition of 'WEAR'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)wear impairment resulting from long use "the tires showed uneven wear"
2. (noun)clothing, article of clothing, vesture, wear, wearable, habiliment a covering designed to be worn on a person's body
3. (verb)wear, wearing the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment "she bought it for everyday wear"
4. (verb)wear, have on be dressed in "She was wearing yellow that day"
5. (verb)wear, bear have on one's person "He wore a red ribbon"; "bear a scar"
6. (verb)wear have in one's aspect; wear an expression of one's attitude or personality "He always wears a smile"
7. (verb)wear, wear off, wear out, wear down, wear thin deteriorate through use or stress "The constant friction wore out the cloth"
8. (verb)wear have or show an appearance of "wear one's hair in a certain way"
9. (verb)wear, hold out, endure last and be usable "This dress wore well for almost ten years"
10. (verb)break, wear, wear out, bust, fall apart go to pieces "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely"
11. (verb)tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress "We wore ourselves out on this hike"
12. (verb)wear, put on, get into, don, assume put clothing on one's body "What should I wear today?"; "He put on his best suit for the wedding"; "The princess donned a long blue dress"; "The queen assumed the stately robes"; "He got into his jeans"
1. (verb)wear to have a piece of clothing, jewelry, etc. on your body He was wearing a black jacket.; Which earrings should I wear?; He wore thick glasses.
2. wear to damage or become damaged through continuous use Eventually the carpet had worn thin.; He wore a hole in the knee of his pants.
3. wear wear a hole in sth to have your hair in a particular style She wore her hair up in a ponytail.; He wears his hair long.
4. wear wear thin to become annoying or tiring His constant jokes are wearing thin.
5. (noun)wear the amount of use sth has had Replace the tires after two years of normal wear.
6. wear wear and tear damage that occurs through regular use
Definition of 'WEAR'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)WEAR same as Weir
2. (noun)WEAR the act of wearing, or the state of being worn; consumption by use; diminution by friction; as, the wear of a garment
3. (noun)WEAR the thing worn; style of dress; the fashion
4. (noun)WEAR a dam in a river to stop and raise the water, for the purpose of conducting it to a mill, forming a fish pond, or the like
5. (noun)WEAR a fence of stakes, brushwood, or the like, set in a stream, tideway, or inlet of the sea, for takingfish
7. (verb)WEAR to cause to go about, as a vessel, by putting the helm up, instead of alee as in tacking, so that the vessel's bow is turned away from, and her stern is presented to, the wind, and, as she turns still farther, her sails fill on the other side; to veer
8. (verb)WEAR to carry or bear upon the person; to bear upon one's self, as an article of clothing, decoration, warfare, bondage, etc.; to have appendant to one's body; to have on; as, to wear a coat; to wear a shackle
10. (verb)WEAR to use up by carrying or having upon one's self; hence, to consume by use; to waste; to use up; as, to wearclothes rapidly
11. (verb)WEAR to impair, waste, or diminish, by continual attrition, scraping, percussion, on the like; to consume gradually; to cause to lower or disappear; to spend
14. (verb)WEAR to endure or suffer use; to last under employment; to bear the consequences of use, as waste, consumption, or attrition; as, a coat wears well or ill; -- hence, sometimes applied to character, qualifications, etc.; as, a man wears well as an acquaintance
15. (verb)WEAR to be wasted, consumed, or diminished, by being used; to suffer injury, loss, or extinction by use or time; to decay, or be spent, gradually