Definition of Wear

Noun

• the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment
  "she bought it for everyday wear"
  wearing
• a covering designed to be worn on a person's body
  clothing - article of clothing vesture wearable habiliment
• impairment resulting from long use
  "the tires showed uneven wear"
  

Verb

• put clothing on one's body
  "What should I wear today?"
  "He put on his best suit for the wedding"
  "The princess donned a long blue dress"
  "The queen assumed the stately robes"
  "He got into his jeans"
  - put on - get into don assume
• exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
  "We wore ourselves out on this hike"
  tire - wear upon - tire out weary jade - wear out outwear - wear down - fag out fag fatigue
• go to pieces
  "The lawn mower finally broke"
  "The gears wore out"
  "The old chair finally fell apart completely"
  break - wear out bust - fall apart
• last and be usable
  "This dress wore well for almost ten years"
  - hold out endure
• have or show an appearance of
  "wear one's hair in a certain way"
  
• deteriorate through use or stress
  "The constant friction wore out the cloth"
  - wear off - wear out - wear down - wear thin
• have in one's aspect
  wear an expression of one's attitude or personality
  "He always wears a smile"
  
• have on one's person
  "He wore a red ribbon"
  "bear a scar"
  bear
• be dressed in
  "She was wearing yellow that day"
  - have on

Word games points for the Wear

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Unscramble wear

18 unscramble word found using the letters wear.

ae, ar, are, arew, aw, awe, ea, ear, er, era, raw, re, rew, wae, war, ware, we, wear,