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WEARING
exhausting, tiring, wearing, wearying
(adjective) producing exhaustion; “an exhausting march”; “the visit was especially wearing”
wear, wearing
(noun) the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment; “she bought it for everyday wear”
erosion, eroding, eating away, wearing, wearing away
(noun) (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
wearing (comparative more wearing, superlative most wearing)
intended to be worn
causing tiredness
causing erosion
Noun
wearing (plural wearings)
The mechanical process of eroding or grinding.
The act by which something is worn.
That which is worn; clothes; garments.
Verb
wearing
present participle of wear
Anagrams
• Wareing, Wiganer, Winegar
Source: Wiktionary
Wear"ing, n.
1. The act of one who wears; the manner in which a thing wears; use; conduct; consumption. Belike he meant to ward, and there to see his wearing. Latimer.
2. That which is worn; clothes; garments. [Obs.] Give me my nightly wearing and adieu. Shak.
Wear"ing, a.
Definition: Pertaining to, or designed for, wear; as, wearing apparel.
WEAR
Wear, n.
Definition: Same as Weir.
Wear, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Veer.] (Naut.)
Definition: To cause to go about, as a vessel, by putting the helm up, instead of alee as in tacking, so that the vessel's bow is turned away from, and her stern is presented to, the wind, and, as she turns still farther, her sails fill on the other side; to veer.
Wear, v. t. [imp. Wore; p. p. Worn; p. pr. & vb. n. Wearing. Before the 15th century wear was a weak verb, the imp. & p. p. being Weared.] Etym: [OE. weren, werien, AS. werian to carry, to wear, as arms or clothes; akin to OHG. werien, weren, to clothe, Goth. wasjan, L. vestis clothing, vestire to clothe, Gr. vas. Cf. Vest.]
1. To carry or bear upon the person; to bear upon one's self, as an article of clothing, decoration, warfare, bondage, etc.; to have appendant to one's body; to have on; as, to wear a coat; to wear a shackle. What compass will you wear your farthingale Shak. On her white breast a sparkling cross swore, Which Jews might kiss, and infidels adore. Pope.
2. To have or exhibit an appearance of, as an aspect or manner; to bear; as, she wears a smile on her countenance. "He wears the rose of youth upon him." Shak. His innocent gestures wear A meaning half divine. Keble.
3. To use up by carrying or having upon one's self; hence, to consume by use; to waste; to use up; as, to wear clothes rapidly.
4. To impair, waste, or diminish, by continual attrition, scraping, percussion, on the like; to consume gradually; to cause to lower or disappear; to spend. That wicked wight his days doth wear. Spenser. The waters wear the stones. Job xiv. 19.
5. To cause or make by friction or wasting; as, to wear a channel; to wear a hole.
6. To form or shape by, or as by, attrition. Trials wear us into a liking of what, possibly, in the first essay, displeased us. Locke. To wear away, to consume; to impair, diminish, or destroy, by gradual attrition or decay.
– To wear off, to diminish or remove by attrition or slow decay; as, to wear off the nap of cloth.
– To wear on or upon, to wear. [Obs.] "[I] weared upon my gay scarlet gites [gowns.]" Chaucer.
– To wear out. (a) To consume, or render useless, by attrition or decay; as, to wear out a coat or a book. (b) To consume tediously. "To wear out miserable days." Milton. (c) To harass; to tire. "[He] shall wear out the saints of the Most High." Dan vii. 25. (d) To waste the strength of; as, an old man worn out in military service.
– To wear the breeches. See under Breeches. [Colloq.]
Wear, v. i.
1. To endure or suffer use; to last under employment; to bear the consequences of use, as waste, consumption, or attrition; as, a coat wears well or ill; -- hence, sometimes applied to character, qualifications, etc.; as, a man wears well as an acquaintance.
2. To be wasted, consumed, or diminished, by being used; to suffer injury, loss, or extinction by use or time; to decay, or be spent, gradually. "Thus wore out night." Milton. Away, I say; time wears. Shak. Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou and this people that is with thee. Ex. xviii. 18. His stock of money began to wear very low. Sir W. Scott. The family . . . wore out in the earlier part of the century. Beaconsfield. To wear off, to pass away by degrees; as, the follies of youth wear off with age.
– To wear on, to pass on; as, time wears on. G. Eliot.
– To wear weary, to become weary, as by wear, long occupation, tedious employment, etc.
Wear, n.
1. The act of wearing, or the state of being worn; consumption by use; diminution by friction; as, the wear of a garment.
2. The thing worn; style of dress; the fashion. Motley wear. Shak. Wear and tear, the loss by wearing, as of machinery in use; the loss or injury to which anything is subjected by use, accident, etc.
Weir, Wear, n. Etym: [OE. wer, AS. wer; akin to G. wehr, AS. werian to defend, protect, hinder, G. wehren, Goth. warjan; and perhaps to E. wary; or cf. Skr. vr to check, hinder. sq. root142. Cf. Garret.]
1. A dam in a river to stop and raise the water, for the purpose of conducting it to a mill, forming a fish pond, or the like.
2. A fence of stakes, brushwood, or the like, set in a stream, tideway, or inlet of the sea, for taking fish.
3. A long notch with a horizontal edge, as in the top of a vertical plate or plank, through which water flows, -- used in measuring the quantity of flowing water.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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