Word Finder - worn

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

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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.

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

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He wears eyeglasses.  She wears her hair in braids.

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

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She wore a smile all day.  He walked out of the courtroom wearing an air of satisfaction.

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

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I know you don't like working with him, but you'll just have to wear it.

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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.

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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.

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

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The tiles were wearing thin due to years of children's feet.

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To exhaust, fatigue, expend, or weary.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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Her high pitched voice is really wearing on me lately.

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

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wear on, wear away.  As the years wore on, we seemed to have less and less in common.

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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.

synonyms

• gybe

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To guard; watch; keep watch, especially from entry or invasion.

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To defend; protect.

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To ward off; prevent from approaching or entering; drive off; repel.

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to wear the wolf from the sheep

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To conduct or guide with care or caution, as into a fold or place of safety.

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Damaged and shabby as a result of much use

I'm quite worn out by these callers.

She was so worn out that she fell asleep at the table.

Most of her bedding was worn and made for a double bed.

She'd worn either sandals or tennis shoes.

Either they were all huge enough to come straight out of an action movie, or her drugs had not yet worn off.

This day, it looked old and worn, like a tunic worn one summer too many.

However that may be, I was struck by the peculiar toughness of the steel which bore so many violent blows without being worn out.

He was obviously as worn out as Dean, feeling all of his seventy-six years.

The countess was a woman of about forty-five, with a thin Oriental type of face, evidently worn out with childbearing--she had had twelve.

Having dressed for his attendance at court in full parade uniform, which he had not worn for a long time, he went into Bilibin's study fresh, animated, and handsome, with his hand bandaged.

He opened the door softly and saw her, in the lilac dress she had worn at church, walking about the room singing.

Following a long drive that consisted of little more than two ruts worn by vehicle tires, they came to the Marsh ranch.

But then, I never expected you to get up at night and take care of the baby when I was worn out.

While Dean's assailant had not worn gloves, surprisingly, to Dean at least, there were no trace­able fingerprints on the weapon.

She was still beautiful, even worn down by the life she'd been forced into.

The normally upbeat girl with raven-colored hair and gray eyes appeared tired and worn down.

He followed them into the worn down building, senses alert.

His thin, worn, sallow face was covered with deep wrinkles, which always looked as clean and well washed as the tips of one's fingers after a Russian bath.

Worn out by sleeplessness and anxiety they threw their burden of sorrow on one another and reproached and disputed with each other.

If you find yourself worn out from a busy day of camping or hiking, try some of the restaurants in the nearby town.

Talon hauled her along until he, too, was worn out and she dropped behind both.

I've never worn a bikini in my life.

Two were in the cozy living area with its worn furniture.

Trying to convict her, he told her she had worn him out, had caused his quarrel with his son, had harbored nasty suspicions of him, making it the object of her life to poison his existence, and he drove her from his study telling her that if she did not go away it was all the same to him.

As if worn out, he rested his head against the cushions.

In spite of the protective gear worn, the challenge definitely excluded the weak of heart, and, in Dean's estimation, the strong of brain.

She had changed to the white dress, the one she'd worn to dinner that night and the hem touched the tops of her bare feet, which pointed downward.

Both had matched missing buttons on their worn winter coats.

It was the first time she had worn a long dress, but Katie assured her it would make her look taller.

She crossed to the living room and tucked her legs beneath her as she sat across from him in an oversized, worn chair.

Jessi's breathing was deep; he'd worn her out and had no fear of her waking up with his quiet movements.

Another style is wearing it in a knot after the ancient Grecian fashion; it is always worn smooth in front and parted in the middle.

The thick wood is not just at our door, nor the pond, but somewhat is always clearing, familiar and worn by us, appropriated and fenced in some way, and reclaimed from Nature.

How worn and dusty, then, must be the highways of the world, how deep the ruts of tradition and conformity!

Again on all the bright faces of the squadron the serious expression appeared that they had worn when under fire.

Speranski, wearing a gray swallow-tail coat with a star on the breast, and evidently still the same waistcoat and high white stock he had worn at the meeting of the Council of State, stood at the table with a beaming countenance.

There was one pilgrim, a quiet pockmarked little woman of fifty called Theodosia, who for over thirty years had gone about barefoot and worn heavy chains.

The fez is worn by both races,.

Its members will be distinguished by a red ribbon worn across the shoulder, and the mayor of the city will wear a white belt as well.

Or perhaps your flints are giving out, or are worn out--that happens sometimes, you know.

At its close the green must be carefully examined, weeds uprooted, worn patches re-turfed, and the whole laid under a winter blanket of silver-sand.

Summits of the lower incisors, before they are worn, with a deep transverse groove, dividing it into an anterior and a posterior cusp. Canines long, strong and conical.

Sometimes linings of enamelled iron or other material are employed, which when worn can be replaced at a far lower cost than that of a new still.

But Dolokhov, who in Moscow had worn a Persian costume, had now the appearance of a most correct officer of the Guards.

Hilden suddenly appeared haggard, ancient, and worn.

The Vallee Noire, so it seemed to me, was part and parcel of myself, the framework in which my life was set, the native costume that I had always worn - what worlds away from the silks and satins that are suited for the public stage.

When the summits of these are worn by mastication their surfaces present circles of dentine surrounded by a border of enamel, and as attrition proceeds different patterns are produced by the union of the bases of the cusps, a trefoil form being characteristic of some species.

During the period when the hair or wig was worn "powdered" or whitened, houses had a special room set apart for the process, known as the powdering-room or closet.

It is worn by bishops, priests, deacons and subdeacons under the other eucharistic vestments, either at Mass or at functions connected with it.

It is now worn in a considerable number of churches not only by the clergy but by acolytes and servers at the Communion.