What does wearing mean?
Definitions for wearing
ˈwɛər ɪŋwear·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
erosion, eroding, eating away, wearing, wearing awaynoun
(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)
wear, wearingadjective
the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment
"she bought it for everyday wear"
exhausting, tiring, wearing, wearyingadjective
producing exhaustion
"an exhausting march"; "the visit was especially wearing"
Wiktionary
wearingnoun
the mechanical process of eroding or grinding
wearingadjective
intended to be worn
wearingadjective
causing tiredness
wearingadjective
causing erosion
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Wearingnoun
Cloaths.
Etymology: from wear.
It was his bidding;
Give me my nightly wearing and adieu. William Shakespeare.
Webster Dictionary
Wearing
of Wear
Wearingnoun
the act of one who wears; the manner in which a thing wears; use; conduct; consumption
Wearingnoun
that which is worn; clothes; garments
Wearingadjective
pertaining to, or designed for, wear; as, wearing apparel
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Rank popularity for the word 'wearing' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2148
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'wearing' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1761
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of wearing in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of wearing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of wearing in a Sentence
Howard Stern several years ago:
We've got to cure AIDS so then we can go back to not wearing rubbers, those were the good old days.
Three minutes after the suspect entered the west building, there was a sufficient number of armed officers wearing body armor to isolate, distract, and neutralize the subject.
Stupid are finding it difficult to accept that they have been fooled in the name of covid by media by constantly showing fabricated stories of corona virus increase cases and stupid still roam around wearing masks most of the time and biggest fools even got their kids to wear masks
They tried to shoot their way into the conference room, i saw one of them running by, wearing a mask. There was no way to tell his face. I'm not even sure if there was one or two.
I can tell you that Gordon was targeted because he was wearing an Arvada police uniform and a badge, officer Beesley was ambushed by a person who expressed hatred of police officers.
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