wear

Plural: wears

Noun

impairment resulting from long use
- "the tires showed uneven wear"
a covering designed to be worn on a person's body
the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment
- "she bought it for everyday wear"
Clothing.
Damage to the appearance and/or strength of an item caused by use over time.
Fashion.
Wearing.
Dated form of weir.

Verb

Verb Forms: wore, worn, wearing, wears

To have on one's body as clothing, or to deteriorate from use.
be dressed in
- "She was wearing yellow that day"
have on one's person
have in one's aspect; wear an expression of one's attitude or personality
- "He always wears a smile"
deteriorate through use or stress
have or show an appearance of
- "wear one's hair in a certain way"
last and be usable
go to pieces
exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
put clothing on one's body
- "What should I wear today?"
To have on:
To carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, etc.
To have on:
To have or carry on one's person habitually, consistently; or, to maintain in a particular fashion or manner.
To have on:
To bear or display in one's aspect or appearance.
To erode:
To eat away at, erode, diminish, or consume gradually; to cause a gradual deterioration in; to produce (some change) through attrition, exposure, or constant use.
To erode:
To undergo gradual deterioration; become impaired; be reduced or consumed gradually due to any continued process, activity, or use.
To erode:
To exhaust, fatigue, expend, or weary.
To erode:
(in the phrase "wearing on (someone)") To cause annoyance, irritation, fatigue, or weariness near the point of an exhaustion of patience.
To endure:
To overcome one's reluctance and endure a (previously specified) situation.
To endure:
To last or remain durable under hard use or over time; to retain usefulness, value, or desirable qualities under any continued strain or long period of time; sometimes said of a person, regarding the quality of being easy or difficult to tolerate.
To endure:
To pass slowly, gradually or tediously.
To bring (a sailing vessel) onto the other tack by bringing the wind around the stern (as opposed to tacking when the wind is brought around the bow); to come round on another tack by turning away from the wind.
To guard; watch; keep watch, especially from entry or invasion.
To defend; protect.
To ward off; prevent from approaching or entering; drive off; repel.
To conduct or guide with care or caution, as into a fold or place of safety.

Examples

Don't worry, this fabric will wear. These pants will last you for years. This color wears so well. I must have washed this sweater a thousand times. I have to say, our friendship has worn pretty well. It's hard to get to know him, but he wears well.
footwear; outdoor wear; maternity wear
He hoped his winning streak would wear well, lasting through the entire tournament.
He wears eyeglasses. She wears her hair in braids.
He's wearing some nice pants today. She wore her medals with pride. Please wear your seatbelt. Can you wear makeup and sunscreen at the same time? He was wearing his lunch after tripping and falling into the buffet.
Her high pitched voice is really wearing on me lately.
His neverending criticism has finally worn my patience. Toil and care soon wear the spirit. Our physical advantage allowed us to wear the other team out and win.
I know you don't like working with him, but you'll just have to wear it.
She wore a smile all day. He walked out of the courtroom wearing an air of satisfaction.
The tiles were wearing thin due to years of children's feet.
wear on, wear away. As the years wore on, we seemed to have less and less in common.
You're going to wear a hole in the bottom of those shoes. The water has slowly worn a channel into these rocks. Long illness had worn the bloom from her cheeks. Exile had worn the man to a shadow.

Origin / Etymology

Inherited from Middle English weren, werien, from Old English werian (“to clothe, cover over; put on, wear, use; stock (land)”), from Proto-West Germanic *waʀjan, from Proto-Germanic *wazjaną (“to clothe”), from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to dress, put on (clothes)”).
Cognate to Sanskrit वस्ते (váste), Ancient Greek ἕννυμι (hénnumi, “put on”), Latin vestis (“garment”) (English vest), Albanian vesh (“dress up, wear”), Tocharian B wäs-, Old Armenian զգենում (zgenum), Welsh gwisgo, Hittite 𒉿𒀸- (waš-).
Originally a weak verb (i.e. with a past tense in -ed), it became irregular during the Middle English period by analogy with verbs like beren (whence bear) and teren (whence tear).

Synonyms

article of clothing, assume, bear, break, bust, clothing, don, endure, fag, fag out, fall apart, fatigue, get into, habiliment, have on, hold out, jade, outwear, put on, tire, tire out, vesture, wear down, wear off, wear out, wear thin, wear upon, wearable, wearing, weary, gybe

Antonyms

refresh

Scrabble Score: 7

wear: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
wear: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
wear: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 7

wear: valid Words With Friends Word