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      wear
      noun
      (in combination) Clothing.
      Damage to the appearance and/or strength of an item caused by use over time.
      Fashion.
      Wearing.
      A river in the counties of County Durham and Tyne and Wear, north east England. The cities of Durham and Sunderland are situated upon its grand banks.
      Dated form of weir. [An adjustable dam placed across a river to regulate the flow of water downstream.]
      verb
      (transitive) To have on:
      To carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, etc.
      To have or carry on one's person habitually, consistently; or, to maintain in a particular fashion or manner.
      To bear or display in one's aspect or appearance.
      To erode:
      To eat away at, erode, diminish, or consume gradually; to cause a gradual deterioration in; to produce (some change) through attrition, exposure, or constant use.
      (intransitive, copulative) To undergo gradual deterioration; become impaired; be reduced or consumed gradually due to any continued process, activity, or use.
      To exhaust, fatigue, expend, or weary.
      (intransitive) To last or remain durable under hard use or over time; to retain usefulness, value, or desirable qualities under any continued strain or long period of time; sometimes said of a person, regarding the quality of being easy or difficult to tolerate.
      (intransitive, of time) To pass slowly, gradually or tediously.
      (intransitive, colloquial) (in the phrase "wearing on (someone)") To cause annoyance, irritation, fatigue, or weariness near the point of an exhaustion of patience.
      To endure:
      (colloquial, with "it") To overcome one's reluctance and endure a (previously specified) situation.
      (nautical) To bring (a sailing vessel) onto the other tack by bringing the wind around the stern (as opposed to tacking when the wind is brought around the bow); to come round on another tack by turning away from the wind.
      (now chiefly UK dialectal, transitive) To guard; watch; keep watch, especially from entry or invasion.
      (now chiefly UK dialectal, transitive) To defend; protect.
      (now chiefly UK dialectal, transitive) To ward off; prevent from approaching or entering; drive off; repel.
      (now chiefly UK dialectal, transitive) To conduct or guide with care or caution, as into a fold or place of safety.
      Synonyms for wear
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      Words related to wear
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