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wear (verb)
To carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, etc.
Wearing his lunch after tripping and falling.

wear (verb)
To have or carry on one's person habitually, consistently; or, to maintain in a particular fashion or manner.
He wears eyeglasses.  She wears her hair in braids.

wear (verb)
To bear or display in one's aspect or appearance.
She wore a smile all day.  He walked out of the courtroom wearing an air of satisfaction.

wear (verb)
To eat away at, erode, diminish, or consume gradually; to cause a gradual deterioration in; to produce (some change) through attrition, exposure, or constant use.

wear (verb)
To undergo gradual deterioration; become impaired; be reduced or consumed gradually due to any continued process, activity, or use.
The tiles were wearing thin due to years of children's feet.

wear (verb)
To exhaust, fatigue, expend, or weary.

wear (verb)
To last or remain durable under hard use or over time; to retain usefulness, value, or desirable qualities under any continued strain or long period of time; sometimes said of a person, regarding the quality of being easy or difficult to tolerate.

wear (verb)
(in the phrase "wearing on (someone)") To cause annoyance, irritation, fatigue, or weariness near the point of an exhaustion of patience.
Her high pitched voice is really wearing on me lately.

wear (noun)
(in combination) clothing.
Footwear; outdoor wear; maternity wear.

wear (noun)
Damage to the appearance and/or strength of an item caused by use over time.

wear (noun)
Fashion.

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January 24, 2019

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