Noun | 1. | wear - impairment resulting from long use; "the tires showed uneven wear" |
2. | wear - a covering designed to be worn on a person's body | |
3. | wear - the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment; "she bought it for everyday wear" Synonyms: wearing | |
Verb | 1. | wear - be dressed in; "She was wearing yellow that day" Synonyms: have on |
2. | wear - have on one's person; "He wore a red ribbon"; "bear a scar" Synonyms: bear | |
3. | wear - have in one's aspect; wear an expression of one's attitude or personality; "He always wears a smile" | |
4. | wear - deteriorate through use or stress; "The constant friction wore out the cloth" | |
5. | wear - have or show an appearance of; "wear one's hair in a certain way" | |
6. | wear - last and be usable; "This dress wore well for almost ten years" | |
7. | wear - go to pieces; "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely" | |
8. | wear - exhaust or tire through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike" | |
9. | wear - 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" |
WEAR. A great dam made across a river, accommodated for the taking of fish, or to convey a stream to a mill. Jacob's Law Dict. h.t. Vide Dam.
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