Wear
- Proper noun. A river in the county of Tyne and Wear in north east England. The city of Sunderland is found upon its banks.
- Verb. To carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, etc.
- Verb. To have or carry on one's person habitually, consistently; or, to maintain in a particular fashion or manner.
- Verb. To bear or display in one's aspect or appearance.
- Verb. (colloquial, with "it") To overcome one's reluctance and endure a (previously specified) situation.
- Verb. 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.
- Verb. (intransitive) To undergo gradual deterioration; become impaired; be reduced or consumed gradually due to any continued process, activity, or use.
- Verb. To exhaust, fatigue, expend, or weary.
- Verb. (intransitive) 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.
- Verb. (intransitive, colloquial) (in the phrase "''wearing on (someone)''") To cause annoyance, irritation, fatigue, or weariness near the point of an exhaustion of patience.
- Verb. (intransitive, of time) To pass slowly, gradually or tediously.
- Verb. (nautical) 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.
- Noun. (uncountable) (''in combination'') clothing (such as footwear).
- Noun. (uncountable) damage to the appearance and/or strength of an item caused by use over time.
- Noun. (uncountable) fashion.
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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.