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wear

  • verb
  • wâr

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

Other meanings

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

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

Synonyms

  • bear

Example sentences

  • “Does your husband like to wear make-up?”

    Tatoeba · deniko · CC0

  • “Do they wear masks in the office?”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

  • “All workers must wear steel-toe boots.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

Word history

From Old English "werian" (to clothe, cover over; put on, wear, use; stock (land)).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “wear” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.