Wears

Word WEARS
Character 5
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /wɛəz/

Definitions and meanings of "Wears"

What do we mean by wears?

To carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, etc.

To have or carry on one's person habitually, consistently; or, to maintain in a particular fashion or manner.

To bear or display in one's aspect or appearance.

(with "it") To overcome one's reluctance and endure a (previously specified) situation.

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.

To undergo gradual deterioration; become impaired; be reduced or consumed gradually due to any continued process, activity, or use.

To exhaust, fatigue, expend, or weary.

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.

(in the phrase "wearing on (someone)") To cause annoyance, irritation, fatigue, or weariness near the point of an exhaustion of patience.

(of time) To pass slowly, gradually or tediously.

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. Also written "ware". Past: weared, or wore/worn.

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The word "wears" in example sentences

I have two great books that give me inspiration as the term wears on. ❋ The List Writer (2007)

But now e-mails get you any time of day or night - sillier as the term wears on. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The label wears the logos of Kirkland Signature (Costco’s in-house brand), Disney, and the USDA Organic certification, all set in a peaceful blue sky above a field featuring Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore, Tigger, ’Roo and a unnamed bluebird (in the banner labeling the crackers “Organic”) gamboling about happily. ❋ Jkd (2007)

The most outlandish is a get-up Mr. Laurin wears to play golf. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The dark blue suit he wears is one he bought two years ago, at the boy's section of a department store on Magazine Street when he launched his long-shot bid for office. ❋ Steve Hendrix (2010)

Jean Crain wears such pretty dresses with such detail and her mother does too. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Whatever the case – a report on what he wears is NOT NEWS. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In the play, the Captain wears an iron hook in place of his hand that was cut off by Peter Pan and then swallowed by a crocodile. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Does TP really have nothing better to report on than polls such as this, or what Sarah Palin wears, or what tea-partiers may have said to a politician? ❋ Unknown (2010)

I kinda like Tose Boots that Shania twain wears in the Video clip .. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The scene was recreated for a photograph on the spot: the white headpiece Mr. Santos wears is his shirt and the "pen" in his hand is a vulture 's feather. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The outfit that will smith wears is exactly the same type of costume that the x-men wear in the movies. frank on Jun 10, 2008 ❋ Unknown (2008)

Li wears is heavily modified for the purposes of martial arts. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Matlin wears two digital hearing aids but without them she has little hearing. ❋ BA Haller (2008)

Even the pantsuits Hillary wears is sooooooooooo 1980's. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Speaking of Bush doing a Schiavo, I hear that thing he wears is really for his heart, drugs and alcohol over the years … ❋ Unknown (2006)

Not only does he not look like the average super hero (see: balding, aging, and not exactly muscular), but the outfit he wears is just laughable. ❋ Unknown (2006)

If the Ritalin wears off, he falls asleep in his chair. ❋ Unknown (2006)

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