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"Wear" Definition

noun

Clothing, especially of a particular kind or for a particular use. Often used in combination: rainwear; footwear.
Gradual impairment or diminution resulting from use or attrition.
The ability to withstand impairment from use or attrition: The engine has plenty of wear left.
The act of wearing or the state of being worn; use: The coat has had heavy wear.
The act of the state of being worn.

verb-intransitive

Nautical To come about with stern to windward.
To break down or diminish through use or attrition: The rear tires began to wear.
To last through the passage of time: a friendship that wears well.
To last under continual or hard use: a fabric that will wear.
To pass gradually or tediously: The hours wore on.

verb-transitive

Nautical To make (a sailing ship) come about with the wind aft.
To bear, carry, or maintain in a particular manner: wears her hair long.
To bring to a specified condition by long use or attrition: wore the clothes to rags; pebbles worn smooth.
To carry or have habitually on the person, especially as an aid: wears glasses.
To carry or have on the person as covering, adornment, or protection: wearing a jacket; must wear a seat belt.

idiom

Pants Informal To exercise controlling authority in a household.
Wear thin To be weakened or eroded gradually: Her patience is wearing thin.
Wear thin To become less convincing, acceptable, or popular, as through repeated use: excuses that are wearing thin.

phrasal-verb

Wear down To break down or exhaust by relentless pressure or resistance.
Wear off To diminish gradually in effect: The drug wore off.
Wear out Chiefly Southern U.S. To punish by spanking.
Wear out To exhaust; tire.
Wear out To make or become unusable through long or heavy use.

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