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wear
transitive verb1: to bear or have on the person <wore a coat>2 a: to use habitually for clothing, adornment, or assistance <wears a size 10> <wear glasses> b: to carry on the person <wear a sword>3 a: to hold the rank or dignity or position signified by (an ornament) <wear the royal crown> b: exhibit
, present <wore a happy smile> <commend the book for wearing its research so lightly
— Brad Leithauser> c: to show or fly (a flag or colors) on a ship4 a: to cause to deteriorate by use b: to impair or diminish by use or attrition : consume or waste gradually <letters on the stone worn away by weathering>5: to produce gradually by friction or attrition <wear a hole in the rug>6: to exhaust or lessen the strength of : weary
, fatigue7: to cause (a ship) to go about with the stern presented to the wind8British : to accept or tolerate without complaint : put up with —usually used in negative constructions <your mates wouldn't wear it
— Colin MacInnes>9: take on 3aintransitive verb1 a: to endure use : last under use or the passage of time <material that will wear for years> b: to retain quality or vitality <the classics wear well>2 a: to diminish or decay through use <the heels of his shoes began to wear> b: to diminish or fail with the passage of time <the effect of the drug wore off> <the day wore on> c: to grow or become by attrition or use <the blade wore dull>3of a ship : to change to an opposite tack by turning the stern to the wind
— compare tack
— wear·er noun
— wear the trousers or wear the pants
: to have the controlling authority in a household
— wear thin
1: to become weak or ready to give way <my patience was wearing thin>2: to become trite, unconvincing, or out-of-date <an argument that quickly wore thin>
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