wear

Verb

1. (transitive) To have on:
2. (transitive) To have on:
3. (transitive) To have on:
4. To erode:
5. (copulative, intransitive) To erode:
6. To erode:
7. (colloquial, intransitive) To erode:
8. (colloquial) To endure:
9. (intransitive) To endure:
10. (intransitive) To endure:
11. 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

1. (in-compounds, uncountable) Clothing.
2. (uncountable) Damage to the appearance and/or strength of an item caused by use over time.
3. (uncountable) Fashion.
4. (uncountable) Wearing.

Noun

Dated form of weir.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/wɛə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: weren

Inherited from Old English: werian

Cognate with Sanskrit: वस्ते

Cognate with Ancient Greek: ἕννυμι

Cognate with Latin: vestis

Cognate with English: vest

Cognate with Albanian: vesh

Cognate with Tokharian B: wäs-

Cognate with Classical Armenian: զգենում

Cognate with Welsh: gwisgo

Cognate with Hittite: 𒉿𒀸-

Cognate with Scots: wer

Cognate with Dutch: weren

Cognate with German: wehren

Cognate with Swedish: värja

Cognate with Icelandic: verja

In summary

Inherited from Middle English weren, werien, from Old English werian (“to clothe, cover over; put on, wear, use; stock (land)”), from Proto-West Germanic *waʀjan, from Proto-Germanic *wazjaną (“to clothe”), from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to dress, put on (clothes)”).
Cognate to Sanskrit वस्ते (váste), Ancient Greek ἕννυμι (hénnumi, “put on”), Latin vestis (“garment”) (English vest), Albanian vesh (“dress up, wear”), Tocharian B wäs-, Old Armenian զգենում (zgenum), Welsh gwisgo, Hittite 𒉿𒀸- (waš-).
Originally a weak verb (i.e. with a past tense in -ed), it became irregular during the Middle English period by analogy with verbs like beren (whence bear) and teren (whence tear).

Synonyms

put on

dress

👗

have on

wear out

wear down

carry

don

abrasion

wear and tear

endure

tear

bear

🐻

clothe

attire

rub

clothing

use

gird

outwear

wearing

go

vesture

suit

get dressed

tire out

fag out

wear upon

fatigue

keep

get into

last

weary

😩

hold out

attrition

jade

wear off

habiliment

have

assume

frazzle

tire

roll

fag

spend

fray

continue

persist

clothes

maintain

keep on

Sentences

The rim is otherwise relatively sharply defined , with only a minor amount of wear .

Occasionally , swimmers wear custom-made swimming caps in place of their hair in buns .

They may wear sunglasses designed to filter peripheral light and wide-brimmed sun hats .