Wear
[weə] or [wɛr]
Definition
(noun.) the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment; 'she bought it for everyday wear'.
(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.) deteriorate through use or stress; 'The constant friction wore out the cloth'.
(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'.
Inputed by Carmela--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
Edited by Ian
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Carry (upon the person), bear.[2]. Impair (by use), waste, consume, use up, wear away, wear out.
v. n. [1]. Be wasted, wear away.[2]. Endure use.
Checker: Norris
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Carry, bear, exhibit, sport, consume, dou, waste, impair, rub, channel, groove,excavate, hollow, diminish
ANT:Doff, abandon, repair, renovate, renew, increase, swell, augment
Checked by Jocelyn
Definition
n. another spelling of weir.
v.t. (obs.) to guard ward off: to guide.
v.t. to carry on the body: to have the appearance of: to consume by use time or exposure: to waste by rubbing: to do by degrees: to exhaust efface: (naut.) to veer.—v.i. to be wasted by use or time: to be spent tediously: to consume slowly: to last under use: (Shak.) to be in fashion to become accustomed: (naut.) to come round away from the wind: (obs.) to become:—pa.t. wōre; pa.p. wōrn.—n. act of wearing: lessening or injury by use or friction: article worn.—adj. Wear′able fit to be worn.—n. Wear′er.—p.adj. Wear′ing made or designed for wear: consuming exhausting.—n. the process of wasting by attrition or time: that which is worn clothes.—ns. Wear′ing-appar′el dress; Wear′-ī′ron a friction-guard.—Wear and tear loss by wear or use; Wear away to impair consume; Wear off to rub off by friction: to diminish by decay: to pass away by degrees; Wear out to impair by use: to render useless by decay: to consume tediously: to harass.
Checker: Reginald
Examples
- I am an impoverished wretch--the very gaberdine I wear is borrowed from Reuben of Tadcaster. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Surely, I would say, all men do not wear those shocking nightcaps; else all women's illusions had been destroyed on the first night of their marriage! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- At first sight the two sons of Ariston may seem to wear a family likeness, like the two friends Simmias and Cebes in the Phaedo. Plato. The Republic.
- And they alone of all the citizens may not touch or handle silver or gold, or be under the same roof with them, or wear them, or drink from them. Plato. The Republic.
- Nine-tenths of them wear nothing on their heads but a filmy sort of veil, which falls down their backs like a white mist. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Oh, of course there is no reason why you shouldn't wear them,' responded Mr. Tupman. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I see you are accustomed to wearing kid gloves--but some gentlemen are so awkward about putting them on. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- So Meg went down, wearing an injured look, and wasn't at all agreeable at breakfast time. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- We passed a long column of loaded mules, the drivers walking along beside the mules wearing red fezzes. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- As to the effect of modern inventions on wearing apparel, it is not apparent that they were necessary to supply the wardrobes of the rich. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Fanny acknowledged her wishes and doubts on this point: she did not know how either to wear the cross, or to refrain from wearing it. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Meantime, Mr. Rochester affirmed I was wearing him to skin and bone, and threatened awful vengeance for my present conduct at some period fast coming. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I had on wool stockings but Passini wore puttees. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- He was always well dressed, very neat and plain, but his eyes were weak, just as mine are, and he wore tinted glasses against the glare. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- He was riding a big gray gelding and he wore a khaki beret, a blanket cape like a poncho, and heavy black boots. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He once said that he was educated in a university where all the students belonged to families of the aristocracy; and the highest class in the university all wore little red caps. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- But her mother held her back, saying, with a look she seldom wore. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Though he wore the metal of Zodanga, my Jeddak, such a man was never seen before in this or any other country upon Barsoom. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Knife-edge girdle diamonds are impractical owing to the liability of chipping the thin edge in setting or by blows while being worn. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Well, then, he said, I yield; if not to your earnestness, to your perseverance: as stone is worn by continual dropping. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The true gold of religion was in many cases thrown away with the worn-out purse that had contained it for so long, and it was not recovered. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I sat down in the vacant chair--gently unclasped the poor, worn, restless fingers, and took both her hands in mine. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He slipped off his worn down-trodden shoes, and cast himself heavily, all wet as he was, upon the bed. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Some of the stone steps are foot-worn only on one end; others only on the other end; others only in the middle. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The pa'son wears a suit of clothes under his surplice! Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- She's plenty of tin; she wears a front; and she scolds the servants from morning till night. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Is sure he is at the head of a lodge, and wears short aprons, and is made a perfect idol of with candlesticks and trowels. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The historian is obliged to speculate about the contents of the head that wears a crown as best he can. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- How the time wears, I know not; until I am recalled by my child-wife's old companion. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Time wears--away with thee. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
Checker: Lola