the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The act of one who wears; the manner in which a thing wears; use; conduct; consumption.
n. That which is worn; clothes; garments.
adj. Pertaining to, or designed for, wear.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The act. of one who wears.
n. That which one wears; clothes; garments.
n. The act of wearing away or passing.
Wasting; consuming; exhausting; tiring: as, wearing suspense or grief.
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adj. producing exhaustion
n. (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)
n. the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment
Word Usage
"He bore little resemblance to the tough, angry kid who had swaggered into my room at the beginning of the term wearing a jacket with a skull-and-crossbones patch and looking as if he were spoiling for a fight."