Meaning of 'wear' (Webster Dictionary)
- Same as Weir.
- The act of wearing, or the state of being worn; consumption
by use; diminution by friction; as, the wear of a garment.
- The thing worn; style of dress; the fashion.
- 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.
- A fence of stakes, brushwood, or the like, set in a stream,
tideway, or inlet of the sea, for taking fish.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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; as, to wear a coat; to wear a
shackle.
- To have or exhibit an appearance of, as an aspect or
manner; to bear; as, she wears a smile on her countenance.
- 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.
- To impair, waste, or diminish, by continual attrition,
scraping, percussion, on the like; to consume gradually; to cause to
lower or disappear; to spend.
- To cause or make by friction or wasting; as, to wear a
channel; to wear a hole.
- To form or shape by, or as by, attrition.
Meaning of 'wear' (Princeton's WordNet)
Meaning (1):
- the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment
Example in sentence:- she bought it for everyday wear
Meaning (2):
- impairment resulting from long use
Example in sentence:- the tires showed uneven wear
Meaning (3):
- have on one's person
Example in sentence:- bear a scar;
- He wore a red ribbon
Meaning (4):
- have in one's aspect; wear an expression of one's attitude or personality
Meaning (5):
- put clothing on one's body
Example in sentence:- He got into his jeans;
- He put on his best suit for the wedding;
- The princess donned a long blue dress;
- The queen assumed the stately robes;
- What should I wear today?
Meaning (6):
- be dressed in
Example in sentence:- She was wearing yellow that day
Meaning (7):
- deteriorate through use or stress
Example in sentence:- The constant friction wore out the cloth
Meaning (8):
- go to pieces
Example in sentence:- The gears wore out;
- The lawn mower finally broke;
- The old chair finally fell apart completely
Meaning (9):
- last and be usable
Example in sentence:- This dress wore well for almost ten years
Meaning (10):
- exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
Example in sentence:- We wore ourselves out on this hike
Meaning (11):
- have or show an appearance of
Example in sentence:- wear one's hair in a certain way
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