"wore" meaning in English

See wore in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /woɹ/ [General-American], /wɔː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /wo(ː)ɹ/ (note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger), /woə/ (note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) Audio: en-us-wore.ogg [US]
enPR: wôr, wô, wōr Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ) Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} wore
  1. simple past of wear Tags: form-of, past Form of: wear
    Sense id: en-wore-en-verb-SJOaIrzt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. (now colloquial, nonstandard) past participle of wear Tags: colloquial, form-of, nonstandard, participle, past Form of: wear
    Sense id: en-wore-en-verb-bssem8NW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50

Download JSON data for wore meaning in English (2.5kB)

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          "ref": "1824, Tobias Smollett, The Miscellaneous Works of Tobias Smollett, M.D., volume VII, page 125",
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