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WEAR

• to cause to deteriorate gradually through use
• impair or diminish by use or attrition consume or waste gradually letters on the stone worn away by weathering
• to have on the body for covering or ornament
• to fatigue
• to deteriorate from use
• to withstand continued use
• show or fly (a flag or colors) on a ship
• cause to deteriorate by use
• produce gradually by friction or attrition wear a hole in the rug
• exhaust or lessen the strength of weary fatigue
• wearing or being worn
• clothing of a specific kind
• gradual deterioration
• durability
• to overcome by persistence
• to be dressed in clothing [v WORE or WORN or WEARED, WEARING, WEARS] / to abrade (to wear away by friction) [v WORE or WORN or WEARED, WEARING, WEARS]
• to diminish gradually
• to make or become unfit or useless through hard or extended use
• to expend, consume, or remove, esp. slowly or gradually
• to exhaust, as by continued strain; weary
• to diminish; weaken
• cause (a ship) to go about with the stern presented to the wind
• accept or tolerate without complaint put up with usually used in negative constructions your mates wouldn't wear it Colin MacInnes
• endure use last under use or the passage of time material that will wear for years
• retain quality or vitality the classics wear well
• diminish or decay through use the heels of his shoes began to wear
• diminish or fail with the passage of time the effect of the drug wore off the day wore on
• grow or become by attrition or use the blade wore dull
• change to an opposite tack by turning the stern to the wind compare tack
• to become less appealing, interesting, tolerable, etc.
• to bear or have on the person wore a coat
• use habitually for clothing, adornment, or assistance wears a size 10 wear glasses
• carry on the person wear a sword
• hold the rank or dignity or position signified by (an ornament) wear the royal crown
• to have on one's person [v WEARING, WEARS, WORE, WORN] : WEARINGLY [adv]

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