Wear

wār, v.t. to carry on the body: to have the appearance of: to consume by use, time, or exposure: to waste by rubbing: to do by degrees: to exhaust, efface: ( naut. ) to veer.— v.i. to be wasted by use or time: to be spent tediously: to consume slowly: to last under use: ( Shak. ) to be in fashion, to become accustomed: ( naut. ) to come round away from the wind: ( obs. ) to become:— pa.t. wōre; pa.p. wōrn.— n. act of wearing: le ening or injury by use or friction: article worn.— adj. Wear′able , fit to be worn.— n. Wear′er .— p.adj. Wear′ing , made or designed for wear: consuming, exhausting.— n. the proce of wasting by attrition or time: that which is worn, clothes.— ns. Wear′ing-appar′el , dre ; Wear′-ī′ron , a friction-guard.— Wear and tear , lo by wear or use; Wear away , to impair, consume; Wear off , to rub off by friction: to diminish by decay: to pa away by degrees; Wear out , to impair by use: to render usele by decay: to consume tediously: to hara . [A.S. werian , to wear; Ice. verja , to cover, Goth. wasjan .]