Wore

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wear \Wear\, v. t. [imp. {Wore} (w[=o]r); p. p. {Worn}
     (w[=o]rn); p. pr. & vb. n. {Wearing}. Before the 15th century
     wear was a weak verb, the imp. & p. p. being {Weared}.] [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. "enny`nai, Skr.


     vas. Cf. {Vest}.]
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     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.
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              What compass will you wear your farthingale? --Shak.
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              On her white breast a sparkling cross she wore,
              Which Jews might kiss, and infidels adore. --Pope.
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     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.
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              His innocent gestures wear
              A meaning half divine.                --Keble.
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     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.
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     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.
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              That wicked wight his days doth wear. --Spenser.
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              The waters wear the stones.           --Job xiv. 19.
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     5. To cause or make by friction or wasting; as, to wear a
        channel; to wear a hole.
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     6. To form or shape by, or as by, attrition.
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              Trials wear us into a liking of what, possibly, in
              the first essay, displeased us.       --Locke.
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     {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 {To wear 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.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wore \Wore\,
     imp. of {Wear}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wore \Wore\,
     imp. of {Ware}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  wore
       See {wear}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  wear
       n 1: impairment resulting from long use; "the tires showed uneven
            wear"
       2: a covering designed to be worn on a person's body [syn: {clothing},
           {article of clothing}, {vesture}]
       3: the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment;
          "she bought it for everyday wear" [syn: {wearing}]
       v 1: be dressed in; "She was wearing yellow that day" [syn: {have
            on}]
       2: have on one's person; "He wore a red ribbon"; "bear a scar"
          [syn: {bear}]
       3: have in one's aspect; wear an expression of one's attitude
          or personality; "He always wears a smile"
       4: deteriorate through use or stress; "The constant friction
          wore out the cloth" [syn: {wear off}, {wear out}, {wear
          thin}]
       5: have or show an appearance of; "wear one's hair in a certain
          way"
       6: last and be usable; "This dress wore well for almost ten
          years" [syn: {hold out}, {endure}]
       7: go to pieces; "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears
          wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely"
          [syn: {break}, {wear out}, {bust}, {fall apart}]
       8: exhaust or tire through overuse or great strain or stress;
          "We wore ourselves out on this hike" [syn: {tire}, {wear
          upon}, {tire out}, {weary}, {jade}, {wear out}, {outwear},
           {wear down}, {fag out}, {fag}, {fatigue}] [ant: {refresh}]
       9: 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" [syn: {put on}, {get into},
           {don}, {assume}]
       [also: {worn}, {wore}]