wear wearing | the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment, she bought it for everyday wear |
apparel wearing apparel dress clothes | clothing in general, she was refined in her choice of apparel, he always bought his clothes at the same store, fastidious about his dress |
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 |
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 |
worn spot fret | a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion |
depreciation wear and tear | decrease in value of an asset due to obsolescence or use |
erosion eroding eating away wearing wearing away | (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it) |
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 |
war-torn war-worn | laid waste by war |
exhausting tiring wearing wearying | producing exhaustion, an exhausting march, the visit was especially wearing |
b banal commonplace hackneyed old-hat shopworn stock(a) threadbare timeworn tired trite well-worn | repeated too often, overfamiliar through overuse, bromidic sermons, his remarks were trite and commonplace, hackneyed phrases, a stock answer, repeating threadbare jokes, parroting some timeworn axiom, the trite metaphor `hard as nails' |
durable long-wearing | capable of withstanding wear and tear and decay, durable denim jeans |
careworn drawn haggard raddled worn | showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering, looking careworn as she bent over her mending, her face was drawn and haggard from sleeplessness, that raddled but still noble face, shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face- Charles Dickens |
exhausted dog-tired fagged fatigued played out spent washed-out worn-out(a) worn out(p) | drained of energy or effectiveness, extremely tired, completely exhausted, the day's shopping left her exhausted, he went to bed dog-tired, was fagged and sweaty, the trembling of his played out limbs, felt completely washed-out, only worn-out horses and cattle, you look worn out |
travel-worn | tired by travel |
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 |
worn | affected by wear, damaged by long use, worn threads on the screw, a worn suit, the worn pockets on the jacket |
raddled worn-out | used until no longer useful, battered trumpets and raddled radios, worn-out shoes with flapping soles |
well-worn | showing signs of much wear or use |