What does WEARING mean?

Definitions for WEARING
ˈwɛər ɪŋwear·ing

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word WEARING.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. erosion, eroding, eating away, wearing, wearing awaynoun

    (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)

  2. wear, wearingadjective

    the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment

    "she bought it for everyday wear"

  3. exhausting, tiring, wearing, wearyingadjective

    producing exhaustion

    "an exhausting march"; "the visit was especially wearing"

Wiktionary

  1. wearingnoun

    the mechanical process of eroding or grinding

  2. wearingadjective

    intended to be worn

  3. wearingadjective

    causing tiredness

  4. wearingadjective

    causing erosion

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Wearingnoun

    Cloaths.

    Etymology: from wear.

    It was his bidding;
    Give me my nightly wearing and adieu. William Shakespeare.

ChatGPT

  1. wearing

    Wearing refers to the act of putting on or donning clothing, accessories, or any items that are meant to be worn on the body for protection, warmth, fashion, or other purposes. It involves physically adorning oneself with garments or articles to cover or dress the body.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Wearing

    of Wear

  2. Wearingnoun

    the act of one who wears; the manner in which a thing wears; use; conduct; consumption

  3. Wearingnoun

    that which is worn; clothes; garments

  4. Wearingadjective

    pertaining to, or designed for, wear; as, wearing apparel

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. WEARING

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Wearing is ranked #41303 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Wearing surname appeared 527 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Wearing.

    50.4% or 266 total occurrences were Black.
    44% or 232 total occurrences were White.
    2.6% or 14 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    2.4% or 13 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'WEARING' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2148

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'WEARING' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1761

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of WEARING in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of WEARING in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of WEARING in a Sentence

  1. Seattle Aquarium spokesman Tim Kuniholm:

    It's almost like the turtle is wearing a life preserver.

  2. Jeanine Pirro:

    Good evening, I'm Judge Jeanine Pirro, and if anyone watching is wearing a hearing aid, sorry, you're dead now.

  3. Ellen Page:

    I think we’d be lying if we said we didn’t feel frightened, it’s about capturing that person — you’re not quite putting a face to it ’cause he’s wearing a mask — really saying, ‘hey, this exists.’ You’re not thinking about yourself, you’re thinking about the vulnerable people who are walking the streets of Rio and might not know this man is walking right by them or he might just run them over in his car.

  4. Phil Gramm:

    Half the world does not know the joys of wearing cotton underwear. (promoting US exports, as quoted in Time)

  5. Joe Rogan:

    Unless Joe Rogan're talking to someone who is like 100 % African, from the darkest place, where they're not wearing any clothes all day, and they've developed all that melanin to protect themselves from the sun, Joe Rogan know, even the term' Black' is weird.

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