1. wear - Noun
2. wear - Verb
3. Wear - Proper noun
Same as Weir.
To cause to go about, as a vessel, by putting the helm up, instead of alee as in tacking, so that the vessel's bow is turned away from, and her stern is presented to, the wind, and, as she turns still farther, her sails fill on the other side; to veer.
To carry or bear upon the person; to bear upon one's self, as an article of clothing, decoration, warfare, bondage, etc.; to have appendant to one's body; to have on; as, to wear a coat; to wear a shackle.
To have or exhibit an appearance of, as an aspect or manner; to bear; as, she wears a smile on her countenance.
To use up by carrying or having upon one's self; hence, to consume by use; to waste; to use up; as, to wear clothes rapidly.
To impair, waste, or diminish, by continual attrition, scraping, percussion, on the like; to consume gradually; to cause to lower or disappear; to spend.
To cause or make by friction or wasting; as, to wear a channel; to wear a hole.
To form or shape by, or as by, attrition.
To endure or suffer use; to last under employment; to bear the consequences of use, as waste, consumption, or attrition; as, a coat wears well or ill; -- hence, sometimes applied to character, qualifications, etc.; as, a man wears well as an acquaintance.
To be wasted, consumed, or diminished, by being used; to suffer injury, loss, or extinction by use or time; to decay, or be spent, gradually.
The act of wearing, or the state of being worn; consumption by use; diminution by friction; as, the wear of a garment.
The thing worn; style of dress; the fashion.
A dam in a river to stop and raise the water, for the purpose of conducting it to a mill, forming a fish pond, or the like.
A fence of stakes, brushwood, or the like, set in a stream, tideway, or inlet of the sea, for taking fish.
A long notch with a horizontal edge, as in the top of a vertical plate or plank, through which water flows, -- used in measuring the quantity of flowing water.
Source: Webster's dictionaryO most grateful burden, which comforts them that carry it! The burdens of earthly masters gradually wear out the strength of those who carry them; but the burden of Christ assists the bearers of it, because we carry not grace, but grace us. John Chrysostom
It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe. Muhammad Ali
I like being a woman, even in a man's world. After all, men can't wear dresses, but we can wear the pants. Whitney Houston
A man with trousers that are too short should wear long suspenders. Jamaican Proverb
Those who wear pearls do not know how often the shark bites the leg of the diver. African Proverb
Who does not wish to be like the wolf let him not wear its skin. Italian Proverb