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. Katie Leung:

    During the scene of the Yule Ball, the ground was very slippery and I was wearing high heels and I slipped but good thing I grabbed onto Robert so I didn't fall and good thing the cameras weren't where we were yet. Oh, that was so embarrassing!

  2. Adam Kinzinger:

    What we can do as a party is take a stand and say,' You don't belong in our conference.' That's what I think we should do, if there was a kind of organic, within-the-conference movement to oust Liz Cheney, certainly we can have the same kind of movement to oust somebody that is trying to compare wearing a mask to the Nazis.

  3. Joe Biden:

    California Sen. Kamala Harris need to reform criminal justice, to make sure black mothers feel confident when they send their child, their son, out on the street -- he's going to be safe, we have to recognize that kid wearing the hoodie may very well be the next poet laureate and not a gang-banger.

  4. Sally Bolton:

    We do have ground entry rules, and those ground entry rules are really focused on everyone’s quiet enjoyment of the tennis. So that’s not about what people are wearing; it’s about the way people behave.

  5. Kristin Hensley:

    They're like, 'I didn't want to go out today, but I'm going out today, and I'm wearing this,'.

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