noun
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(in combination) clothing
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footwear; outdoor wear; maternity wear
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Damage to the appearance and/or strength of an item caused by use over time
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Fashion
verb
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To carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, etc.
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He's wearing some nice pants today. She wore her medals with pride. Please wear your seatbelt. Can you wear makeup and sunscreen at the same time? He was wearing his lunch after tripping and falling into the buffet.
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To have or carry on one's person habitually, consistently; or, to maintain in a particular fashion or manner.
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He wears eyeglasses. She wears her hair in braids.
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To bear or display in one's aspect or appearance.
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She wore a smile all day. He walked out of the courtroom wearing an air of satisfaction.
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(with "it") To overcome one's reluctance and endure a (previously specified) situation.
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I know you don't like working with him, but you'll just have to wear it.
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To eat away at, erode, diminish, or consume gradually; to cause a gradual deterioration in; to produce (some change) through attrition, exposure, or constant use.
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You're going to wear a hole in the bottom of those shoes. The water has slowly worn a channel into these rocks. Long illness had worn the bloom from her cheeks. Exile had worn the man to a shadow.
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To undergo gradual deterioration; become impaired; be reduced or consumed gradually due to any continued process, activity, or use.
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The tiles were wearing thin due to years of children's feet.
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To exhaust, fatigue, expend, or weary.
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His neverending criticism has finally worn my patience. Toil and care soon wear the spirit. Our physical advantage allowed us to wear the other team out and win.
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To last or remain durable under hard use or over time; to retain usefulness, value, or desirable qualities under any continued strain or long period of time; sometimes said of a person, regarding the quality of being easy or difficult to tolerate.
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Don't worry, this fabric will wear. These pants will last you for years. This color wears so well. I must have washed this sweater a thousand times. I have to say, our friendship has worn pretty well. It's hard to get to know him, but he wears well.
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(in the phrase "wearing on (someone)") To cause annoyance, irritation, fatigue, or weariness near the point of an exhaustion of patience.
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Her high pitched voice is really wearing on me lately.
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(of time) To pass slowly, gradually or tediously.
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wear on, wear away. As the years wore on, we seemed to have less and less in common.
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To bring (a sailing vessel) onto the other tack by bringing the wind around the stern (as opposed to tacking when the wind is brought around the bow); to come round on another tack by turning away from the wind. Also written "ware". Past: weared, or wore/worn.
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Examples of wear in a Sentence
You'd better wear a coat.
You could wear a feed sack at a formal dinner and not look underdressed.
What would you have me wear, a sweat suit?
At present men make shift to wear what they can get.
There was nothing suggestive about her attire, and it was too hot to wear jeans.
It showed no wear of time.
I can.t wear this.
For in that country, people never wear shoes in the house, but take them off at the door.
He didn't wear a coat today and his shirtsleeves were rolled up to reveal brown muscular forearms.
No one did, because the Mangaboos did not wear hats, and Zeb had lost his, somehow, in his flight through the air.
You can wear one of my shirts.
But don't wear it.
You don't wear a gun.
She held her forearm out to the door as she approached, glancing again at the gold band around her wrist that Romas had emphasized she needed to wear at all the times.
I think mother will be glad to make the dress for you, and when you wear it you will look as pretty as a rose.
You're going to wear it out just looking at it.
At least he might wear it again sometime.
Then only wear it in your bedroom.
He wanted to warn the young man to wear a bulletproof vest and keep his hands in his lap for protection.
I'll wear it tonight.
This involved making the poor wear prison uniforms and only providing enough food to avoid starvation.
She could wear men's clothes and crack that whip all she wanted, but she was still a woman at heart - and he knew it.
She touched it, as thrilled to wear his symbol as she had been her father's.
The Immortals were grouped beneath the trees, and none of them appeared the worse for wear from their escape.
They wear a black cap, about 12 ft.
Frictionless coatings that never wear out in machines that last for centuries.
You would set all Russia against you and every one of us would feel ashamed to wear the uniform.
The dress is pretty but I can't imagine having to wear these undies!
These people generally stand in the front line of the class and wear black belts.
I wear it always when we're together as it gives comfort to him about our situation which I know troubles him greatly.
May I wear a bag over my head on the trip home?
The bag was an expensive, down-filled model, and like everything else, showed little if any signs of wear.
I could then just get a black bikini top to wear with them.
I feel so different when I wear her clothes.
Now, if CD is pressed by its weight or by a spring on the surface AB, the effect of wear will be to produce a symmetrical grinding away of both surfaces, which may be represented thus, fig.
They have a kind of short kilt, stiff, made of black wool, with a band from back to front between the legs; under this they wear short linen trousers, which come a little below the knee, and black woollen leggings with boots.
The costume of the Tosks differs from that of the Ghegs; its distinctive feature is the white plaited linen fustanella or petticoat, which has been adopted by the Greeks; the Ghegs wear trews of white or crimson native cloth adorned with black braid, and a short, close-fitting jacket, which in the case of wealthy persons is embellished with gold lace.
Many old men do wear no beards at all.
For security reasons detainees are required to wear a colored bib for the duration of the visit.
They will still want to wear a training bib, even when the color is identical to their shirt.
You want to wear black tie or no tie, that's fine, too.
Have your tubes tied, get the snip, wear a condom, take a pill, pull out, anything!
If you wear a hearing aid you may want to try cordless infrared and cordless FM headphones.
If you have a corset, wear it at the first fitting, as it will take at least an inch from your waist.
When you have got my ornaments ready, I will wear them.
It's important whatever garments you wear, that you get good protection against the elements.
Anyone occupying the climber only area must wear crampons.
There is nothing human about me, Jessi, nothing good, except for the reminder I wear around my neck of the only person who ever gave up her life for me.
The Jews came to England at least as early as the Norman Conquest; they were expelled from Bury St Edmunds in 1190, after the massacres at the coronation of Richard I.; they were required to wear badges in 1218.
In Prussia the superintendents now wear pectoral crosses (instituted by the emperor William II.).