noun
- Impairment resulting from long use.
- usage: "the tires showed uneven wear"
- A covering designed to be worn on a person's body.
- synonyms: clothing, article of clothing, vesture, wearable, habiliment
- The act of having on your person as a covering or adornment.
- usage: "she bought it for everyday wear"
- synonyms: wearing
verb
- Be dressed in.
- usage: "She was wearing yellow that day"
- synonyms: have on
- Have on one's person.
- usage: "He wore a red ribbon"; "bear a scar"
- synonyms: bear
- Have in one's aspect; wear an expression of one's attitude or personality.
- usage: "He always wears a smile"
- Deteriorate through use or stress.
- usage: "The constant friction wore out the cloth"
- Have or show an appearance of.
- usage: "wear one's hair in a certain way"
- Last and be usable.
- usage: "This dress wore well for almost ten years"
- Go to pieces.
- usage: "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely"
- synonyms: break, wear out, bust, fall apart
- Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress.
- usage: "We wore ourselves out on this hike"
- Put clothing on one's body.
- usage: "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"
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