To wear means to clothe, or be covered by. You wear suits to interviews and sweats to the gym.
Same as
Noun
the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment; "she bought it for everyday wear"
Noun
a covering designed to be worn on a person''s body
Noun
impairment resulting from long use; "the tires showed uneven wear"
Verb
have or show an appearance of; "wear one''s hair in a certain way"
Verb
have on one''s person; "He wore a red ribbon"; "bear a scar"
Verb
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"
Verb
be dressed in; "She was wearing yellow that day"
Verb
exhaust or tire through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike"
Verb
deteriorate through use or stress; "The constant friction wore out the cloth"
Verb
go to pieces; "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely"
Verb
last and be usable; "This dress wore well for almost ten years"
Verb
have in one''s aspect; wear an expression of one''s attitude or personality; "He always wears a smile"
n.
Same as Weir.
v. t.
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.
v. t.
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.
v. t.
To have or exhibit an appearance of, as an aspect or
manner; to bear; as, she wears a smile on her countenance.
v. t.
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.
v. t.
To impair, waste, or diminish, by continual attrition,
scraping, percussion, on the like; to consume gradually; to cause to
lower or disappear; to spend.
v. t.
To cause or make by friction or wasting; as, to wear a
channel; to wear a hole.
v. t.
To form or shape by, or as by, attrition.
v. i.
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.
v. i.
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.
n.
The act of wearing, or the state of being worn; consumption
by use; diminution by friction; as, the wear of a garment.
n.
The thing worn; style of dress; the fashion.
n.
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.
n.
A fence of stakes, brushwood, or the like, set in a stream,
tideway, or inlet of the sea, for taking fish.
n.
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.
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What compass will you wear your farthingale?
On her white breast a sparkling cross s wore, Which Jews might kiss, and infidels adore.2.
His innocent gestures wear A meaning half divine.3.
That wicked wight his days doth wear.
The waters wear the stones.5.
Trials wear us into a liking of what, possibly, in the first essay, displeased us.
Wear
Away, I say; time wears.
Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou and this people that is with thee.
His stock of money began to wear very low.
The family . . . wore out in the earlier part of the century.
Wear
Motley s the only wear.
Same as
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.
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;
To endure or suffer use; to last under employment; to bear the consequences of use, as waste, consumption, or attrition;
The act of wearing, or the state of being worn; consumption by use; diminution by friction;
Usage Examples
After you have exhausted what there is in business, politics, conviviality, and so on - have found that none of these finally satisfy, or permanently wear - what remains? Nature remains.
All those lessons that I've learned on the court, I have applied them to my life outside of the court in business, my company, called V Starr interiors, an interior design company, and EleVen, which I wear on court.
A friend of mine has a big farm in the desert, and she picks up feathers and roadkill for me, then makes it into clothes. I think it's cool to wear roadkill. If I died and somebody wanted to wear my teeth around their neck to VMAs, I'd feel honored.
As tempting as it seems to wear tennis shoes with your tux, don't do it. I think it looks ridiculous. If you're 14 years old, maybe give it a shot. In general, don't portray anything that says 'I'm too cool and I don't care.'
A Christian high school is just like any other high school in the sense of the politics and all of these levels of who's cool and what to wear.
Always wear cute pyjamas to bed, you'll never know who u will meet in your dreams.
After all those days in the cotton fields, the dreams came true on a gold record on a piece of wood. It's in my den where I can look at it every day. I wear it out lookin' at it.
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Other Usage ExamplesAlthough a man may wear fine clothing, if he lives peacefully and is good, self-possessed, has faith and is pure and if he does not hurt any living being, he is a holy man.
A women who doesn't wear perfume has no future.
And, you know, being able to wear the stars and stripes, when you step up on one of the blocks or, you know, when you step off of an airplane or when you hear the national anthem play, you know, it's one of the greatest feelings in the world because you know that there are people at home who are supporting you and watching you.
A bride at her second marriage does not wear a veil. She wants to see what she is getting.
A book is a fragile creature, it suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents, the elements and clumsy hands. so the librarian protects the books not only against mankind but also against nature and devotes his life to this war with the forces of oblivion.
As a teacher you are more or less obliged to pay the same amount of attention to everything. That can wear you down.
All I can hope to do is instill great morality in my son and trust him along the way. The music he listens to or how he chooses to wear his hair doesn't define his moral compass, and if he wants to listen to country music and wear a cowboy hat too, that's fine.
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