"overwear" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈoʊ.vəɹˌwɛəɹ/
Etymology: over- + -wear Etymology templates: {{confix|en|over|wear}} over- + -wear Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} overwear (uncountable)
  1. outer clothing Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Clothing Related terms: outerwear
    Sense id: en-overwear-en-noun-XRlj5pWC Disambiguation of Clothing: 47 22 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˌoʊ.vəɹˈwɛəɹ/ Forms: overwears [present, singular, third-person], overwearing [participle, present], overwore [past], overworn [participle, past]
Etymology: over- + wear Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|wear}} over- + wear Head templates: {{en-verb|overwears|overwearing|overwore|overworn}} overwear (third-person singular simple present overwears, present participle overwearing, simple past overwore, past participle overworn)
  1. (transitive) To wear out; to exhaust. Tags: transitive Synonyms (wear out): exhaust, tax, wear
    Sense id: en-overwear-en-verb-bGARPc7l Categories (other): English terms prefixed with over-, English terms suffixed with -wear Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 17 52 31 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -wear: 5 51 43 Disambiguation of 'wear out': 85 15
  2. (transitive) To wear (an item of clothing) too frequently. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-overwear-en-verb-4TQXUUEa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -wear Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 22 66 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 11 17 71 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -wear: 5 51 43
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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