"wearing" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈwɛɹɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈwɛəɹɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-wearing.ogg [US] Forms: more wearing [comparative], most wearing [superlative]
enPR: wĕrʹĭng Rhymes: -ɛəɹɪŋ Head templates: {{en-adj}} wearing (comparative more wearing, superlative most wearing)
  1. (not comparable) Intended to be worn. Tags: not-comparable Translations (intended to be worn): Tragen [neuter] (German), indossare (Italian), носіння одягу (nosinnja odjahu) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-wearing-en-adj-cCCF1Qdr Disambiguation of 'intended to be worn': 92 1 1 5
  2. Causing tiredness; trying to a person's patience. Translations (causing tiredness): уморителен (umoritelen) (Bulgarian), изтощителен (iztoštitelen) (Bulgarian), kuluttava (Finnish), uuvuttava (Finnish), väsyttävä (Finnish), 疲れる (tsukareru) (Japanese), whakahōhā (Maori), стомливий (stomlyvyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-wearing-en-adj-zJ8a3~zh Disambiguation of 'causing tiredness': 2 82 13 3
  3. Causing erosion. Translations (causing erosion): kuluttava (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-wearing-en-adj-xPjsHILh Disambiguation of 'causing erosion': 1 8 89 2
  4. That wears (deteriorate through use), and may eventually wear out.
    Sense id: en-wearing-en-adj-f6jC2bdh

Noun

IPA: /ˈwɛɹɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈwɛəɹɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-wearing.ogg [US] Forms: wearings [plural]
enPR: wĕrʹĭng Rhymes: -ɛəɹɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} wearing (plural wearings)
  1. The mechanical process of eroding or grinding. Translations (process of eroding or grinding): kuluminen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-wearing-en-noun-H9JiWY5a Disambiguation of 'process of eroding or grinding': 91 2 7
  2. The act by which something is worn.
    Sense id: en-wearing-en-noun-9m2p6IIK
  3. That which is worn; clothes; garments.
    Sense id: en-wearing-en-noun-CTHF~Fje

Verb

IPA: /ˈwɛɹɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈwɛəɹɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-wearing.ogg [US]
enPR: wĕrʹĭng Rhymes: -ɛəɹɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} wearing
  1. present participle and gerund of wear Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: wear Derived forms: hard-wearing
    Sense id: en-wearing-en-verb-10G5DL6d Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 18 16 4 11 1 12 37

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with homophones",
    "English verb forms",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛəɹɪŋ",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛəɹɪŋ/2 syllables"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "hard-wearing"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "wearing",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "wear"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "present participle and gerund of wear"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wear",
          "wear#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "gerund",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɛɹɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɛəɹɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛəɹɪŋ"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "waring"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Waring"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-wearing.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4b/En-us-wearing.ogg/En-us-wearing.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/En-us-wearing.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "wĕrʹĭng"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wearing"
}

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