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 Definitions of WEAR  [ɛər]  

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Definition of 'WEAR' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) wear
to carry or have on the body or about the person as a covering, support, ornament, or the like:
to wear a coat; to wear a wig.

2.  wear
to bear or have in one's aspect or appearance:
to wear a smile.

3.  wear
to cause to deteriorate, diminish, or waste by some constant or repetitive action:
The waves have worn these rocks.

4.  wear
to make (a hole, channel, way, etc.) by such action.

5.  wear
to consume gradually by use or any continued process:
Illness had worn the bloom from her cheeks.

6.  wear
to weary; fatigue; exhaust.

7.  wear
to pass (time) gradually or tediously (usu. fol. by away or out).

8.  wear
Naut. to bring (a vessel) on another tack by turning until the wind is on the stern.

9. (v.i.) wear
to undergo gradual impairment, diminution, reduction, etc., from use, attrition, or other causes.

10.  wear
to retain shape, color, firmness, etc., under continued use or strain:
a strong fabric that will wear.

11.  wear
(of time) to pass, esp. slowly or tediously (often fol. by on or away):
As the day wore on, we grew more discouraged.

12.  wear
wear down,

13.  wear
to make or become shabbier, smaller, or more aged by wearing:
to wear down the heels of one's shoes.

14.  wear
to make or become weary; tire.

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"


Definition of 'WEAR' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

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 taking fish

6. (noun) WEAR
a long notch with a horizontal edge, as in the top of a vertical plate or plank, through which water flows, -- used in measuring the quantity of flowing water

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

9. (verb) WEAR
to have or exhibit an appearance of, as an aspect or manner; to bear; as, she wears a smile on her countenance

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 wear clothes 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

12. (verb) WEAR
to cause or make by friction or wasting; as, to wear a channel; to wear a hole

13. (verb) WEAR
to form or shape by, or as by, attrition

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


Translation of 'WEAR' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to be dressed in or carry on (a part of) the body
She wore a white dress; Does she usually wear spectacles?

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: dra Arabic flag Arabic: يَلْبِس، يَرْتَدي Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: нося
Brazilian flag Brazilian: usar Czech flag Czech: nosit German flag German: tragen
Danish flag Danish: bære; have på Greek flag Greek: φορώ Spanish flag Spanish: llevar; usar
Estonian flag Estonian: kandma (rõivaid, prille) Farsi flag Farsi: پوشيدن Finnish flag Finnish: pitää yllään, käyttää
French flag French: porter Hebrew flag Hebrew: לִלבּוֹש Hindi flag Hindi: पहनना
Croatian flag Croatian: nositi Hungarian flag Hungarian: hord, visel Indonesian flag Indonesian: memakai
Icelandic flag Icelandic: klæðast, vera í Italian flag Italian: indossare; portare Japanese flag Japanese: 身につけている
Korean flag Korean: ...을 입고 있다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: dėvėti, nešioti Latvian flag Latvian: valkāt; nēsāt
Malay flag Malay: memakai Dutch flag Dutch: dragen Polish flag Polish: nosić (na sobie), ubierać
Persian flag Persian: پوشيدن Pashto flag Pashto: پاييدل، دوام لرل، زرنه زړ Portuguese flag Portuguese: usar
Romanian flag Romanian: a pur­ta Russian flag Russian: быть одетым; носить Slovak flag Slovak: nosiť
Slovenian flag Slovenian: nositi Serbian flag Serbian: nositi Swedish flag Swedish: vara klädd i, ha på sig,
Thai flag Thai: สวมใส่ Turkish flag Turkish: giymek, takmak Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 穿戴
Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: бути вдягненим у щось; но Urdu flag Urdu: پہننا Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: mặc; mang; đeo
Chinese flag Chinese: 穿着

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'WEAR' - Nearby Entries  

wear  wear away  wear down  wearer  wearied  wearily  weariness  



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