1. (

• wear ,
• have_on

) be dressed in; "She was wearing yellow that day" ;

2. (

• wear ,
• bear ,

) have on one's person; "He wore a red ribbon"; "bear a scar" ;

3. (

• wear ,

) have in one's aspect; wear an expression of one's attitude or personality; "He always wears a smile" ;

4. (

• wear ,
• wear_off ,
• wear_out ,
• wear_down ,
• wear_thin

) deteriorate through use or stress; "The constant friction wore out the cloth" ;

5. (

• wear ,

) have or show an appearance of; "wear one's hair in a certain way" ;

6. (

• wear ,
• hold_out ,
• endure ,

) last and be usable; "This dress wore well for almost ten years" ;

7. (

• 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" ;

8. (

• tire ,
• wear_upon ,
• tire_out ,
• wear ,
• weary ,
• jade ,
• wear_out ,
• outwear ,
• wear_down ,
• fag_out ,
• fag ,
• fatigue

) exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike" ;

9. (

• 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" ;

1. (

• worn

) affected by wear; damaged by long use; "worn threads on the screw"; "a worn suit"; "the worn pockets on the jacket" ;

2. (

• 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 ;