"wear" meaning in English

See wear in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /wɛə/ [UK], /wɛr/ [US] Audio: en-us-wear.ogg [US] Forms: wear [singular], wears [plural]
enPR: wĕr [US] Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Things show wear after being used for a long time.
    Sense id: simple-wear-en-noun-qAQi-G3Q

Verb

IPA: /wɛə/ [UK], /wɛr/ [US] Audio: en-us-wear.ogg [US] Forms: wear [canonical], wears [third-person, singular], wore [past], worn [past, participle], wearing [present, participle]
enPR: wĕr [US] Head templates: {{verb2|wear|wears|wore|worn|wearing}} [POS TABLE]
  1. When you wear something, you put it on your body and cover your body with it.
    Sense id: simple-wear-en-verb-qE6a-ewR
  2. When something wears, it gets damaged, over time.
    Sense id: simple-wear-en-verb-6a7108bS
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    },
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wore",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "worn",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
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        {
          "text": "I don't wear shoes on my feet when I am inside."
        },
        {
          "text": "She wore a red dress."
        }
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    },
    {
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The car was worn from ten years of hard driving."
        },
        {
          "text": "My best leather shoes wore out from all the walking."
        },
        {
          "text": "The young girl wore her mother down."
        }
      ],
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        "When something wears, it gets damaged, over time."
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "US"
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      ]
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      ]
    }
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    },
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        {
          "text": "The old school was starting to show wear after one hundred years."
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        "UK"
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      "tags": [
        "US"
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      "ipa": "/wɛr/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
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    },
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        "where"
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    }
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      "tags": [
        "past",
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        "present",
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        {
          "text": "I don't wear shoes on my feet when I am inside."
        },
        {
          "text": "She wore a red dress."
        }
      ],
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      ],
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      ],
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        {
          "text": "The car was worn from ten years of hard driving."
        },
        {
          "text": "My best leather shoes wore out from all the walking."
        },
        {
          "text": "The young girl wore her mother down."
        }
      ],
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        "When something wears, it gets damaged, over time."
      ],
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      ]
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
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      "enpr": "wĕr",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɛr/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-wear.ogg",
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        "US"
      ]
    },
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        "ware",
        "where"
      ]
    }
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      "form": "wear",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wears",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
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        {
          "text": "The old school was starting to show wear after one hundred years."
        }
      ],
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        "Things show wear after being used for a long time."
      ]
    }
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        "UK"
      ]
    },
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        "UK"
      ]
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      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɛr/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-wear.ogg",
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        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophones": [
        "ware",
        "where"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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