wear
1. impairment resulting from long use
- the tires showed uneven wear
• Hypernyms:
deterioration, impairment
2. a covering designed to be worn on a person's body
• Syn:
clothing, article of clothing, vesture, wearable, habiliment
• Derivationally related forms:
vestiary (for: vesture), vest (for: vesture), vesture (for: vesture), clothe (for: clothing)
• Hypernyms:
covering, consumer goods
• Hyponyms:
accessory, accoutrement, accouterment, apparel, wearing apparel,
dress, clothes, array, raiment, regalia, attire,
garb, beachwear, black, blue, change, civilian clothing,
civilian dress, civilian garb, plain clothes, drag, footwear, garment,
grey, gray, handwear, hand wear, headdress, headgear,
knitwear, leisure wear, loungewear, man's clothing, neckpiece, nightwear,
sleepwear, nightclothes, outerwear, overclothes, protective garment, ready-to-wear,
slip-on, slops, street clothes, tailor-made, togs, threads,
duds, uniform, vestiture, woman's clothing, work-clothing, work-clothes
• Part Meronyms:
wardrobe
3. the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment
- she bought it for everyday wear
• Syn:
wearing
• Derivationally related forms:
wear (for: wearing)
• Hypernyms:
act, deed, human action, human activity
1. be dressed in (Freq. 83)
- She was wearing yellow that day
• Syn:
have on
• Derivationally related forms:
wearable, wearer
• Entailment:
dress, get dressed
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. have on one's person (Freq. 22)
- He wore a red ribbon
- bear a scar
• Syn:
bear
• Derivationally related forms:
wearable, wearing
• Hypernyms:
have, feature
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. have in one's aspect;
wear an expression of one's attitude or personality (Freq. 6)
- He always wears a smile
• Hypernyms:
have, feature
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
4. deteriorate through use or stress (Freq. 2)
- The constant friction wore out the cloth
• Syn:
wear off, wear out, wear down, wear thin
• Hypernyms:
deteriorate
• Hyponyms:
ablate, scuff
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
5. have or show an appearance of (Freq. 2)
- wear one's hair in a certain way
• Hypernyms:
have, feature
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something Adjective/Noun
- Somebody ----s something
6. last and be usable (Freq. 1)
- This dress wore well for almost ten years
• Syn:
hold out, endure
• Derivationally related forms:
wearable
• Hypernyms:
last, endure
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s Adjective/Noun
- Something ----s something
7. exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
- We wore ourselves out on this hike
• Syn:
tire, wear upon, tire out, weary, jade,
wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue
• Ant:
refresh (for: tire)
• Derivationally related forms:
fatigue (for: fatigue), jade (for: jade)
• Hypernyms:
indispose
• Hyponyms:
exhaust, wash up, beat, tucker, tucker out,
overtire, overweary, overfatigue
• Cause:
tire, pall, weary, fatigue, jade
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Sam wants to wear with Sue
8. go to pieces
- The lawn mower finally broke
- The gears wore out
- The old chair finally fell apart completely
• Syn:
break, wear out, bust, fall apart
• See Also:
wear away, wear off, break away (for: break), break off (for: break), break up (for: break), break apart (for: break)
• Derivationally related forms:
breakable (for: break)
• Hypernyms:
decay, crumble, dilapidate
• Hyponyms:
fray, frazzle
• Verb Group:
break, bust
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
9. put clothing on one's body
- What should I wear today?
- He put on his best suit for the wedding
- The princess donned a long blue dress
- The queen assumed the stately robes
- He got into his jeans
• Syn:
put on, get into, don, assume
• Derivationally related forms:
wearable
• Hypernyms:
dress, get dressed
• Hyponyms:
hat, try on, try, scarf, slip on
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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