wear wearing | the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment, she bought it for everyday wear |
clothing article of clothing vesture wear wearable habiliment | a covering designed to be worn on a person's body |
handwear hand wear | clothing for the hands |
leisure wear | informal clothing designed to be worn when you are relaxing |
overgarment outer garment | a garment worn over other garments |
ready-to-wear | ready-made clothing, she couldn't find anything in ready-to-wear that she liked |
sportswear athletic wear activewear | attire worn for sport or for casual wear |
wash-and-wear | a fabric treated to be easily washable and to require no ironing |
external ear outer ear | the part of the ear visible externally |
outer space space | any location outside the Earth's atmosphere, the astronauts walked in outer space without a tether, the first major milestone in space exploration was in , when the USSR's Sputnik orbited the Earth |
Outer Hebrides | a -mile long archipelago to the northwest of Scotland |
Mongolia Mongolian People's Republic Outer Mongolia | a landlocked socialist republic in central Asia |
outer planet | (astronomy) a major planet whose orbit is outside the asteroid belt (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto) |
out-and-outer | someone who is excellent at something |
depreciation wear and tear | decrease in value of an asset due to obsolescence or use |
periphery fringe outer boundary | the outside boundary or surface of something |
wear | impairment resulting from long use, the tires showed uneven wear |
wear | have or show an appearance of, wear one's hair in a certain way |
wear bear | have on one's person, He wore a red ribbon, bear a scar |
wear put on get into don assume | 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 |
wear have on | be dressed in, She was wearing yellow that day |
c tire wear upon tire out wear weary jade wear out outwear wear down fag out fag fatigue c | exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress, We wore ourselves out on this hike |
erode gnaw gnaw at eat at wear away | become ground down or deteriorate, Her confidence eroded |
wear on | pass slowly (of time), The day wore on |
wear wear off wear out wear down wear thin | deteriorate through use or stress, The constant friction wore out the cloth |
wear away wear off | diminish, as by friction, Erosion wore away the surface |
break wear wear out bust fall apart | go to pieces, The lawn mower finally broke, The gears wore out, The old chair finally fell apart completely |
whittle away whittle down wear away | cut away in small pieces |
tack wear round | turn into the wind, The sailors decided to tack the boat, The boat tacked |
wear ship | turn away from the wind, The sailors decided it was time to wear ship |
call the shots call the tune wear the trousers | exercise authority or be in charge, Who is calling the shots in this house? |
wear hold out endure | last and be usable, This dress wore well for almost ten years |
wear | have in one's aspect, wear an expression of one's attitude or personality, He always wears a smile |
off-the-rack off-the-shelf off-the-peg ready-to-wear | (especially of clothing) made in standard sizes and available from merchandise in stock, a ready-made jacket, ready-to-wear clothes |
outer | being on or toward the outside of the body, the outer ear |
outer(a) | being on the outside or further from a center, spent hours adorning the outer man, the outer suburbs |
outer | located outside, outer reality |
wash-and-wear drip-dry | treated so as to be easily or quickly washed and dried and requiring little or no ironing, a wash-and-wear shirt |