Wearing
['weərɪŋ] or ['wɛrɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wear
(n.) The act of one who wears; the manner in which a thing wears; use; conduct; consumption.
(n.) That which is worn; clothes; garments.
(a.) Pertaining to, or designed for, wear; as, wearing apparel.
Editor: Maynard
Examples
- 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 always feel that to live up to them would include wearing book-muslin with gigot sleeves. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The giant rolls consist of a pair of iron cylinders of massive size and weight, with removable wearing plates having irregular surfaces formed by projecting knobs. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- They fight with bows and arrows and a short spear: they go into battle wearing trousers and having caps on their heads. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Yes, she said, and wearing only my wedding shirt. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- She was a strange figure in the class-room, wearing a large, old cloak of greenish cloth, on which was a raised pattern of dull gold. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- As he replied in the affirmative, with perfect confidence and cheerfulness, we did not resume the subject until the day was wearing away. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- A group of humble mourners entered the gate: wearing white favours; for the corpse was young. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- If your mother and sister don't find one subject to get at times a little wearing on, they find another. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- A child wearing a green frock on Independence Day seems at night to be wearing a black frock, if standing near powders burning with red, blue, or violet light. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
Typist: Wilhelmina