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1. Be dressed in
   "She was wearing yellow that day"
   - have on
    
2. Have on one's person
   "He wore a red ribbon"
   - bear
    
3. Have in one's aspect; wear an expression of one's attitude or personality
   "He always wears a smile"
    
4. Deteriorate through use or stress
   "The constant friction wore out the cloth"
   - wear off, wear out, wear down, wear thin
    
5. Have or show an appearance of
   "wear one's hair in a certain way"
    
6. Last and be usable
   "This dress wore well for almost ten years"
   - hold out, endure
    
7. Go to pieces
   "The gears wore out"
   - break, wear out, bust, fall apart
    
8. Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
   "We wore ourselves out on this hike"
   - tire, wear upon, tire out, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out [Brit], fag, fatigue
    
9. Put clothing on one's body
   "What should I wear today?"
   - put on, get into, don, assume

1. Impairment resulting from long use
   "the tires showed uneven wear"
    
2. A covering designed to be worn on a person's body
   - clothing, article of clothing, vesture, wearable, habiliment [archaic]
    
3. The act of having on your person as a covering or adornment
   "she bought it for everyday wear"
   - wearing

Sounds like: ware, where

Derived forms: wearing, wore, worn, wears

See also: wear away, wearable, wearer

Type of: act, consumer goods, covering, crumble, decay, deed, deteriorate, deterioration, dilapidate, dress, endure, feature, get dressed, have, human action, human activity, impairment, indispose, last

Encyclopedia: Wear