wear
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: nautical
transport
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *wes-
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
Proto-Indo-European *woséyeti
Proto-Germanic *wazjaną
Proto-West Germanic *waʀjan
Old English werian
Middle English weren
English wear
Inherited from Middle English weren, werien, from Old English werian (“to clothe, cover over; put on, wear, use; stock (land)”), from Proto-West Germanic *waʀjan, from Proto-Germanic *wazjaną (“to clothe”), from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to dress, put on (clothes)”).
Cognate to Sanskrit वस्ते (váste), Ancient Greek ἕννυμι (hénnumi, “put on”), Latin vestis (“garment”) (English vest), Albanian vesh (“dress up, wear”), Tocharian B wäs-, Old Armenian զգենում (zgenum), Welsh gwisgo, Hittite 𒉿𒀸- (waš-).
Originally a weak verb (i.e. with a past tense in -ed), it became irregular during the Middle English period by analogy with verbs like beren (whence bear) and teren (whence tear).
Inflected forms:
form: wears
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: wearing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: wore
pos: verb
tags: past
form: ware
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
past
form: worn
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: wore
pos: verb
tags: colloquial
nonstandard
participle
past
form: worne
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
participle
past
Senses:
gloss: To have on:
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: He's wearing some nice pants today.
She wore her medals with pride.
Please wear your seatbelt.
Can you wear makeup and sunscreen at the same time?
He was wearing his lunch after tripping and falling into the buffet.
He ware upon his head a diademe of purple interpaled with white, like as Darius was accustomed.
Over all this, hee ware a certeyne Mantell of like ſtuffe, made in ſuche maner, that coming vnder his righte arme, and covering moſte ꝑte [parte] of that ſyde, yt tuched not the lefte ſyde, […]
And Countrimen my louing follovvers, / Plead my ſucceſſiue Title vvith your ſvvords: / I am his firſt borne ſonne, that vvas the laſt / That vvare the Imperiall Diademe of Rome, / Then let my Fathers honours liue in me, / Nor vvrong mine age vvith this indignitie, […]
It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar.
‘It's rather like a beautiful Inverness cloak one has inherited. Much too good to hide away, so one wears it instead of an overcoat and pretends it's an amusing new fashion.’
gloss: To have on:
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: He wears eyeglasses.
She wears her hair in braids.
It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.
gloss: To have on:
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: She wore a smile all day.
He walked out of the courtroom wearing an air of satisfaction.
Then the bridegroom came slowly up the walk, wearing a very unbridegroomlike aspect, […]
gloss: To erode:
pos: verb
examples: You're going to wear a hole in the bottom of those shoes.
The water has slowly worn a channel into these rocks.
Long illness had worn the bloom from her cheeks.
Exile had worn the man to a shadow.
And They made the Moon, with his face wrinkled with many mountains and worn with a thousand valleys, to regard with pale eyes the games of the small gods, and to watch throughout the resting time of Māna-Yood-Sushāī; to watch, to regard all things, and be silent.
gloss: To erode:
pos: verb
tags: copulative
intransitive
examples: The tiles were wearing thin due to years of children's feet.
His stock of money[…] began to wear very low.
The family that had raised it wore out in the earlier part of this century
gloss: To erode:
pos: verb
examples: His neverending criticism has finally worn my patience.
Toil and care soon wear the spirit.
Our physical advantage allowed us to wear the other team out and win.
Our ſoules, whoſe faculties can comprehend
The wondrous Architecture of the world:
And meaſure euery wandring planets courſe,
Still climing after knowledge infinite,
And alwaies mouing as the reſtles ſpheares,
Wils vs to weare our ſelues & neuer reſt, […]
gloss: To erode:
pos: verb
tags: colloquial
intransitive
examples: Her high pitched voice is really wearing on me lately.
gloss: To endure:
pos: verb
tags: colloquial
examples: I know you don't like working with him, but you'll just have to wear it.
gloss: To endure:
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Don't worry, this fabric will wear. These pants will last you for years.
This color wears so well. I must have washed this sweater a thousand times.
I have to say, our friendship has worn pretty well.
It's hard to get to know him, but he wears well.
gloss: To endure:
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: wear on, wear away.
As the years wore on, we seemed to have less and less in common.
Away, I say; time wears.
Thus wore out night.
That loss is common would not make
⁠My own less bitter, rather more:
⁠Too common! Never morning wore
To evening, but some heart did break.
gloss: To bring (a sailing vessel) onto the other tack by bringing the wind around the stern (as opposed to tacking when the wind is brought around the bow); to come round on another tack by turning away from the wind.
pos: verb
gloss: Clothing.
pos: noun
tags: in-compounds
uncountable
examples: footwear; outdoor wear; maternity wear
gloss: Damage to the appearance and/or strength of an item caused by use over time.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Now, I still think that for this box of matches to have escaped the wear of time for immemorial years was a most strange, as for me it was a most fortunate, thing.
gloss: Fashion.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Motley's the onely weare.
gloss: Wearing.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: It is obvious, of course, that a cylinder so applied is not for constant wear, and it is not intended in any way to correct any error of refraction, but is used merely as an exercise for a few minutes at a time at repeated intervals. In case of Oblique Astigmatism the wearing of the correction will frequently fail to give satisfaction when complicated by oblique muscular trouble, […]
Prolonged wear of the interceptor body armor outer tactical vest (OTV) is frequently blamed for common complaints of neck and shoulder pain. […] Even if patients improved after a period of light duty and shoulder rehabilitation, many complained of pain after returning to OTV wear when their shoulders again became the focal point of weight distribution.
Softer crystals are best reserved for occasional wear, whereas harder crystals can be worn every day.
Related words: vest
don
put on
Derived words: does the Pope wear a funny hat
forwear
not all heroes wear capes
outwear
outworn
overwear
put that in your hat and wear it
ready-to-wear
rewear
unwearable
wash-and-wear
wearable
wear and tear
wear as a badge of honor
wear away
wear down
wearer
wear horns
wear in
wear off
wear on
wear one's heart upon one's sleeve
wear on one's sleeve
wear out one's welcome
wear out
worn out
worn-out
wear rose-colored glasses
wear sackcloth and ashes
wear something as a badge of honor
wear something on one's sleeve
wear one's heart on one's sleeve
wear the breeches
wear the pants
wear the trousers
wear thin
wear through
wear too many hats
wear two hats
wear up
wear weary
wear yellow stockings
worse for wear
constant-wear garment
maternity wear
ring wear
use-wear analysis
wear leveling
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: aanhê
lang: Afrikaans
word: dra
lang: Albanian
word: vesh
lang: Southern Altai
word: кийип јӱрер
roman: kiyip ǰürer
lang: Southern Altai
word: кийер
roman: kiyer
lang: Arabic
word: لَبِسَ
roman: labisa
lang: Arabic
word: اِرْتَدَى
roman: irtadā
lang: Arabic
word: لبس
roman: libis
lang: Arabic
word: لْبس
roman: lbəs
lang: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
word: ܠܵܒ݂ܹܫ
roman: laweš
lang: Armenian
word: հագնել
roman: hagnel
lang: Armenian
word: կրել
roman: krel
lang: Aromanian
word: portu
lang: Assamese
word: পিন্ধ
roman: pindh
lang: Azerbaijani
word: geymək
lang: Azerbaijani
word: taxmaq
lang: Bashkir
word: кейеү
roman: keyew
lang: Basque
word: jantzi
lang: Belarusian
word: насі́ць
roman: nasícʹ
lang: Belarusian
word: панасі́ць
roman: panasícʹ
lang: Belarusian
word: апрана́ць
roman: apranácʹ
lang: Belarusian
word: апрану́ць
roman: apranúcʹ
lang: Belarusian
word: надзява́ць
roman: nadzjavácʹ
lang: Belarusian
word: надзе́ць
roman: nadzjécʹ
lang: Bengali
word: পরা
roman: pora
lang: Bhojpuri
word: पहिनल
roman: pahinal
lang: Central Bikol
word: sulot
lang: Central Bikol
word: sulog
lang: Bulgarian
word: но́ся
roman: nósja
lang: Burmese
word: ရုံ
roman: rum
lang: Burmese
word: ဝတ်
roman: wat
lang: Catalan
word: vestir
lang: Catalan
word: portar
lang: Cebuano
word: sul-ob
lang: Cherokee
word: ᎤᏄᏩ
roman: unuwa
lang: Cherokee
word: ᎤᏑᎳ
roman: usula
lang: Cherokee
word: ᏚᎵᏰᏑᎳ
roman: duliyesula
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 著 /着
roman: zoek³
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 戴
roman: daai³
lang: Hakka Chinese
word: 著 /着
roman: chok
lang: Hakka Chinese
word: 戴
roman: tai
lang: Chinese
word: 穿
roman: zh-min-nan
lang: Chinese
word: 戴
roman: zh-min-nan
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 穿
roman: chuān
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 戴
roman: dài
lang: Czech
word: mít na sobě
lang: Czech
word: mít
lang: Czech
word: nosit
lang: Danish
word: have på
lang: Dutch
word: dragen
lang: Dutch
word: aanhebben
lang: Egyptian
word: W-T:z-U39-A24
roman: wṯz
lang: Esperanto
word: porti
lang: Esperanto
word: surporti
lang: Estonian
word: kandma
lang: Faliscan
word: ceso (ceso)
lang: Faroese
word: vera í
lang: Finnish
word: olla yllään
lang: Finnish
word: pitää
lang: Finnish
word: käyttää
lang: Finnish
word: olla päällään
lang: French
word: porter
lang: North Frisian
word: dreeg
lang: Friulian
word: puartâ
lang: Galician
word: vestir
lang: Georgian
word: ტარება
roman: ṭareba
lang: Georgian
word: ცმევა
roman: cmeva
lang: German
word: tragen
lang: German
word: anhaben
lang: Bavarian German
word: ohåm
lang: Gothic
word: 𐍅𐌰𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽
roman: wasjan
lang: Greek
word: φορώ
roman: foró
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἐνδύω
roman: endúō
lang: Ancient Greek
word: φορέω
roman: phoréō
lang: Gujarati
word: પહેરવું
roman: pahervũ
lang: Hawaiian
word: komo
lang: Hebrew
word: לָבַשׁ
roman: lavásh
lang: Higaonon
word: isol-ob
lang: Hindi
word: पहनना
roman: pahannā
lang: Hungarian
word: hord
lang: Icelandic
word: vera í
lang: Ido
word: portar
lang: Ido
word: metar
lang: Ingrian
word: pittää
lang: Irish
word: iompair
lang: Irish
word: caith
lang: Italian
word: indossare
lang: Italian
word: portare
lang: Japanese
word: 着る
roman: kiru
lang: Japanese
word: 掛ける
roman: kakeru
lang: Japanese
word: 履く
roman: haku
lang: Japanese
word: 被る
roman: kaburu
lang: Kabuverdianu
word: bisti
lang: Kabuverdianu
word: vestí
lang: Kamta
word: pindh
lang: Khmer
word: ពាក់
roman: pĕək
lang: Khmer
word: ស្លៀកពាក់
roman: sliək pĕək
lang: Korean
word: 입다
roman: ipda
lang: Korean
word: 신다
roman: sinda
lang: Korean
word: 쓰다
roman: sseuda
lang: Korean
word: 끼다
roman: kkida
lang: Lao
word: ໃສ່
roman: sai
lang: Latgalian
word: nosuot
lang: Latin
word: portō
lang: Latin
word: gerō
lang: Latin
word: vestiō
lang: Latvian
word: valkāt
lang: Latvian
word: nēsāt
lang: Lithuanian
word: nešioti
lang: Lithuanian
word: vilkėti
lang: Macedonian
word: но́си
roman: nósi
lang: Malay
word: pakai
lang: Māori
word: kokomo
lang: Māori
word: mau
lang: Miyako
word: カヴ
roman: kavu
lang: Mongolian
word: өмсөх
roman: ömsöx
lang: Khiamniungan Naga
word: thīh
lang: Nepali
word: लगाउनु
roman: lagāunu
lang: Nepali
word: पहिरनु
roman: pahiranu
lang: Nepali
word: पैह्रनु
roman: paihranu
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: bære
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: ha på seg
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: ha på seg
lang: Occitan
word: portar
lang: Old English
word: beran
lang: Oromo
word: uffachuu
lang: Pashto
word: اغوستل
roman: aγustəl
lang: Persian
word: پوشیدن
roman: pušidan
lang: Polish
word: nosić
lang: Polish
word: mieć na sobie
lang: Portuguese
word: vestir
lang: Portuguese
word: trajar
lang: Portuguese
word: usar
lang: Romanian
word: purta
lang: Romansh
word: purtar
lang: Romansh
word: purter
lang: Romansh
word: portar
lang: Russian
word: носи́ть
roman: nosítʹ
lang: Russian
word: надева́ть
roman: nadevátʹ
lang: Russian
word: наде́ть
roman: nadétʹ
lang: Russian
word: быть оде́тым в
roman: bytʹ odétym v
lang: Sanskrit
word: वस्ते
roman: vaste
lang: Sardinian
word: zúchere
lang: Scots
word: weir
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: но̀сити
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: nòsiti
lang: Sindhi
word: پائِڻُ
roman: pāiṇu
lang: Sindhi
word: पाइणु
lang: Slovak
word: nosiť
lang: Slovene
word: nositi
lang: Spanish
word: llevar (puesto)
lang: Spanish
word: vestir
lang: Spanish
word: vestir de
lang: Spanish
word: vestirse de
lang: Spanish
word: usar
lang: Spanish
word: portar
lang: Spanish
word: peinarse
lang: Swahili
word: kuvaa
lang: Swedish
word: bära
lang: Swedish
word: ha på sig
lang: Sylheti
word: ꠙꠤꠘ꠆ꠗꠣ
roman: findá
lang: Thai
word: ใส่
roman: sài
lang: Thai
word: สวมใส่
roman: sŭam sài
lang: Thai
word: สวม
roman: sǔuam
lang: Thai
word: ครอง
roman: krɔɔng
lang: Tibetan
word: གོན
roman: gon
lang: Tibetan
word: བཞེས
roman: bzhes
lang: Tibetan
word: མཆོད
roman: mchod
lang: Tocharian A
word: pär-
lang: Tocharian B
word: pär-
lang: Tocharian B
word: wäs-
lang: Turkish
word: giymek
lang: Turkish
word: takmak
lang: Ukrainian
word: носи́ти
roman: nosýty
lang: Ukrainian
word: надяга́ти
roman: nadjaháty
lang: Ukrainian
word: наді́ти
roman: nadíty
lang: Urdu
word: پہننا
roman: pahannā
lang: Vietnamese
word: mặc
lang: Vietnamese
word: đeo
lang: Vietnamese
word: đi
lang: Vietnamese
word: mang
lang: Walloon
word: mete
lang: Walloon
word: poirter
lang: Welsh
word: gwisgo
lang: Yiddish
word: זיך אָנטאָן
roman: zikh onton
lang: Finnish
word: kulua