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To have on:; To carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, perfume, etc.transitive

• He's wearing some nice pants today.
• She wore her medals with pride.

To have on:; To have or carry on one's person habitually, consistently; or, to maintain in a particular fashion or manner.transitive

• He wears eyeglasses.
• She wears her hair in braids.

To have on:; To bear or display in one's aspect or appearance.transitive

• She wore a smile all day.
• He walked out of the courtroom wearing an air of satisfaction.

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.

• You're going to wear a hole in the bottom of those shoes.
• The water has slowly worn a channel into these rocks.

To erode:; To undergo gradual deterioration; become impaired; be reduced or consumed gradually due to any continued process, activity, or use.copulativeintransitive

• The tiles were wearing thin due to years of children's feet.

To erode:; To exhaust, fatigue, expend, or weary.

• His neverending criticism has finally worn my patience.
• Toil and care soon wear the spirit.

To erode:; (in the phrase "wearing on (someone)") To cause annoyance, irritation, fatigue, or weariness near the point of an exhaustion of patience.colloquialintransitive

• Her high pitched voice is really wearing on me lately.

To endure:; To overcome one's reluctance and endure a (previously specified) situation.colloquial

• I know you don't like working with him, but you'll just have to wear it.

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.intransitive

• 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.

To endure:; To pass slowly, gradually or tediously.intransitive

• wear on, wear away.
• As the years wore on, we seemed to have less and less in common.

Clothing.in-compoundsuncountable

• footwear; outdoor wear; maternity wear

Damage to the appearance and/or strength of an item caused by use over time.uncountable

• Now, I still think that for this box of matches to have escaped the wear of time for immemorial years was a most strange, as for me it was a most fortunate, thing.

Fashion.uncountable

• Motley's the onely weare.

Wearing.uncountable

• Softer crystals are best reserved for occasional wear, whereas harder crystals can be worn every day.

To guard; watch; keep watch, especially from entry or invasion.UKdialectaltransitive

To defend; protect.UKdialectaltransitive

To ward off; prevent from approaching or entering; drive off; repel.UKdialectaltransitive

• to wear the wolf from the sheep

To conduct or guide with care or caution, as into a fold or place of safety.UKdialectaltransitive

Dated form of weir.alt-ofdated

• Cool and clear, cool and clear, / By shining shingle, and foaming wear;