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Wear

Definition: Wear

Wear

Noun

1. Impairment resulting from long use; "the tires showed uneven wear".

2. Covering designed to be worn on a person's body.

3. The act of having on your person as a covering or adornment; "she bought it for everyday wear".

Verb

1. Be dressed in; "She was wearing yellow that day".

2. Have on one's person; "He wore a red ribbon"; "bear a scar".

3. Have in one's aspect; wear an expression of one's attitude or personality; "He always wears a smile".

4. Deteriorate through use or stress; "The constant friction wore out the cloth".

5. Have or show an appearance of; "wear one's hair in a certain way".

6. Last and be usable; "This dress wore well for almost ten years".

7. Go to pieces; "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely".

8. Exhaust or tire though overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike".

9. Put clothing on one's body; "What should I wear today?"; "He put on his best suit for the wedding"; "The princess donned a long blue dress"; "The queen assumed the stately robes"; "He got into his jeans".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "wear" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Note: Wear \Wear\, transitive verb. [imperfect Wore; past participle Worn; Wearing. Before the 15th century wear was a weak verb, the imp. & past participle. being Weared.]. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Wear

DomainDefinition

Literature

Wear Never wear the image of Deity in a ring. So Pythagoras taught his disciples, and Moses directed that the Jews should make no image of God. Both meant to teach their disciples that God is incorporeal, and not to be likened to any created form. (See Iamblichus: Protreptics, symbol xxiv.)
Never wear a brown hat in Friesland. (See Hat.)
To wear the wooden sword. (See Wooden.)
To wear the willow. (See Willow.)
To wear one's heart upon one's sleeve. (See under Heart.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Metallurgy

Broad term including all the adverse effects of friction entailing removal of material together with loss of weight and changed dimensions. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: River Wear

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The Wear is a river in the North East of England. It flows through the city of Durham and enters the North Sea at the city port of Sunderland.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "River Wear."

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Synonyms: Wear

Synonyms: apparel (n), article of clothing (n), clothes (n), clothing (n), vesture (n), wearing (n), wearing apparel (n), assume (v), bear (v), break (v), bust (v), don (v), endure (v), fag (v), fag out (v), fall apart (v), fatigue (v), get into (v), have on (v), hold out (v), jade (v), outwear (v), put on (v), tire (v), tire out (v), wear down (v), wear off (v), wear out (v), wear thin (v), wear upon (v), weary (v). (additional references)
Antonym: refresh (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Wear

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Deviation

Verb: alter one's course, deviate, depart from, turn, trend; bend, curve; swerve, heel, bear off; gybe, wear.

Nonincrease, Decrease

Verb: decrease, diminish, lessen; abridge; (shorten); shrink; (contract); drop off, fall off, tail off; fall away, waste, wear; wane, ebb, decline; descend; subside; melt away, die away; retire into the shade, hide its diminished head, fall to a low ebb, run low, languish, decay, crumble.

Use

Use up, swallow up; consume, absorb, expend; tax, task, wear, put to task.

Utilization, service, wear.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Wear

English words defined with "wear": To wear off, To wear on or upon, To wear out, To wear wearywear ship. (references)
Specialty definitions using "wear": adjust for wear, attritious wearDental Restoration Wearrelative wearWEAR A--E, wear plate, wear rib. (references)
Etymologies containing "wear": Xylotrya. (references)

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Modern Usage: Wear

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Everybody used to wear them, Lina (Singin' in the Rain; writing credit: Betty Comden and Adolph Green.)

You're just jealous because I'm a real freak and you have to wear a mask (Batman Returns; writing credit: Bob Kane; Daniel Waters)

I thought I told you to wear a suit in my courtroom (My Cousin Vinny; writing credit: Dale Launer.)

So young fellas like yourself can wear a suit, and tie, and have a job. What do you really want to know (The Shawshank Redemption; writing credit: Frank Darabont)

Archie was the bitch and Jughead was the butch- that's why Jughead wear the crown looking hat all the time: he's the king of queen Archie's world (Chasing Amy; writing credit: Kevin Smith.)

Lyrics

I will always have a cross to wear, (Turn Back Time; performing artist: Aqua)

I have a tendency to wear my mind on my sleeve (One Week; performing artist: Barenaked Ladies)

If I wear my heart out on my sleeve (Honesty; performing artist: Billy Joel)

Or wear that ring of diamonds (Living In Sin; performing artist: Bon Jovi)

Wear high heeled shoes, get love from the dudes (Lady Marmalade; performing artist: Christina Aguilera)

Clever

Why did kamikaze pilots wear helmets? (references; author: unknown)

Constant use will wear out anything...especially friends. (references; author: unknown)

People who do the world's real work don't usually wear neckties. (references; author: unknown)

3.9% of all women surveyed say they never do what? Wear underwear. (references; author: unknown)

Sleeping on the job: Boy, that cold medicine I took last night just won’t wear off. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

They Wear No Clothes (1956)

So You Want to Wear the Pants (1952)

They Wear No Clothes (1941)

Nothing to Wear (1928)

When Men Wear Skirts (1914)

Song Titles

San Francisco, Wear Some Flowers (performing artist: Scott McKenzie)

Would Jesus Wear A Rolex (performing artist: Ray Stevens)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Wear

DomainTitle

References

  • Women's Daytime and Evening Wear in Saudi Arabia: A Strategic Entry Report, 1997 (reference)

  • Children's Wear in France: A Strategic Entry Report, 1996 (reference)

  • Women's Wear in France: A Strategic Entry Report, 1996 (reference)

  • Sports and Casual Wear in Sweden: A Strategic Entry Report, 1997 (reference)

  • Children's Wear in Japan: A Strategic Entry Report, 1997 (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Mary Mulari's Accessories With Style: Quick & Clever Sewing Projects to Wear & Carry (reference)

  • I Wear My Tutu Everywhere (All Aboard Books) (reference)

  • Adorable "Wearables" That Teach Early Concepts : Reproducible Patterns for ABC Vests, Weather Mittens, and Other Easy-to-Make Paper Projects That Kids Can Wear (reference)

  • Altering Women's Ready to Wear (reference)

  • When I Am an Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

  

High Tech

  

Consumer Goods

  • Makita 6337DWDEX 14.4-Volt 1/2" MFORCE Cordless Drill Kit with Free Pair of Mechanix Wear Gloves, a $40.00 Value (reference)

    (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Wear

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Photo Album: Wear

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Two Zairian nurses wear protective clothing while changing the bedding in an Ebola VHF isolation ward, Kikwit, Zaire, 1995. Credit: CDC.

CDC scientists working in the biosafety labs wear protective clothing and head gear and are supplied air via overhead lines that plug into the suit. Credit: CDC.

Mac Smith - dressed to kill What hydrographers wear for a night out on the town. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

The old C&GS Ship SURVEYOR at Dutch Harbor looking a little worse for the wear. The SURVEYOR was not quite 40 years old at this time. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Food service workers will trade in their white uniforms for distinctive "chefs" jackets and blue trousers. The Air Force chief of staff recently approved the new uniform which establishes a standard uniform for wear by people working in dining f.

A farmer mixes herbicide prior to application. The farmer is careful to wear complete protection while using the chemicals. Credit: Tim McCabe.

Personnel in the emergency smallpox hospitals wear protective clothing. / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by D. Egli..

[Demonstration on how to wear an isolation gown]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

U.S. Marines rest in the field on Guadalcanal, circa August-December 1942. Most of these Marines are armed with M1903 bolt-action rifles and carry M1905 bayonets and USMC 1941 type packs. Two men high on the hill at right wear mortar vests and one in center has a World War I type grenade vest. The Marine seated at far right has a Browning Automatic Rifle. Credit: NAVY.

Photographed in 1918. Her Navy jumper uniform was non-regulation, but was locally approved for Yeoman (F) wear pending the adoption of the official uniform. Credit: NAVY.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Wear
 

"Horse Sign" by Paige Foster
Commentary: "Fake horse on top of a sign for a western wear store in rural Missouri."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Sounds Captioned with "Wear".

PlayCaption
Grind; erosive; polish; rough; scratch; scuff; sharpen; smooth; wear; churn.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Wear

AuthorQuotation

Author Unknown

When love is worn snugly, well wrapped about, the more wear you give it, the less it wears out.

Bill Blass

When in doubt, wear red.

Desiderius Erasmus

Let others wear the martyr's crown; I am not worthy of this honor.

Elbert Hubbard

Dignity is a mask we wear to hide our ignorance.

Henrik Ibsen

Never wear your best trousers when you go out to fight for freedom and truth.

Oscar Wilde

One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art.

Robert Burton

Women wear the breeches... in a word, the world turned upside downward.

William Hazlitt

The most violent friendships soonest wear themselves out.

William M. Thackeray

Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Wear

AuthorDateQuotation

John Locke

1690

And the conquering people are not, I hope, to be slaves by conquest, and wear their laurels only to shew they are sacrifices to their leaders triumph. (Second Treatise of Government)

Winston S. Churchill

1946

They would wear the uniform of their own countries but with different badges. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Wear

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

I shall wear a large bonnet, and bring one of my little baskets hanging on my arm.

Through the Looking-Glass

Carroll, Lewis

When I used to wear it, if I fell off the horse, it always touched the ground directly

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Now, after he had won the crown of martyrdom (though with no longer a head to wear it on), the point might be looked upon as settled

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

The novices wear the same dress, all in white

King Richard III

Shakespeare, William

Wear it, enjoy it, and make much of it.

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Never wear out.

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

I believe that all races at some seasons wear something equivalent to the shirt

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Wear

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Wear loose-fitting clothes. (references)

Wear khaki or olive colored clothing. (references)

If your feet are cold at night wear socks. (references)

Business

Sales channels for children's wear are quite straight forward. (references)

Men wear stylish medium weight wool suits during the winter months. (references)

As for fashion trends in children's wear, trends are similar to those for adults. (references)

Civil Liberties

Germany

Muslim students are free to wear headscarves. (references)

Afghanistan

Men also were required to wear head coverings and to wear their hair short. (references)

Afghanistan

The requirement to wear the burqa represented a significant change in practice. (references)

Economic History

Brunei Darussalam

Men wear the songkok, a traditional Malay cap. (references)

Brunei Darussalam

Men who have completed the Haj wear a white songkok. (references)

Sweden

The sporting goods market excluding sports wear is worth approx. (references)

Human Rights

Jamaica

Reportedly, some police did not wear badges and could not be identified, a breach of police regulations. (references)

Iran

This includes women whose clothing does not cover the hair and all parts of the body except the hands and face, or those who wear makeup or nail polish. (references)

Korea

In 1999 the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) announced that criminal suspects, who previously had been required to wear prison garb in court, would be allowed to wear street clothes until proven guilty. (references)

Indigenous People

Guatemala

Since 1999 there have been no reports of schools denying children the right to wear traditional indigenous dress, a common complaint under the previous administration. (references)

El Salvador

There are a few very small communities whose members still wear traditional dress and maintain traditional customs to a recognizable degree; they do so without repression or interference. (references)

Minorities

Philippines

Some Muslims therefore use a Christian pseudonym and do not wear distinctive dress when applying for housing or jobs. (references)

Travel

Mauritius

For men, normal business wear is suit and tie. (references)

Trinidad

Women generally wear dresses, skirts or pantsuits. (references)

Singapore

Businesswomen wear conservative, light-weight attire. (references)

Women

Afghanistan

The Taliban decreed what women could wear in public. (references)

Bahrain

Women are free to work outside the home, to drive cars without escorts, and to wear clothing of their choice. (references)

Saudi Arabia

During the year, Mutawwa'in continued to admonish and harass women to wear their abayas and cover their hair. (references)

Worker Rights

Belarus

Workers at many heavy machinery plants do not wear even minimal safety gear, such as gloves, hard hats, or welding glasses. (references)

Kazakhstan

Workers in factories usually do not wear protective clothing, such as goggles and hard hats, and work in conditions of poor visibility and ventilation. (references)

Russia

Workers wear little protective equipment in factories, enterprises store hazardous materials in open areas, and smoking is permitted near containers of flammable substances. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

TIGHTS, n. An habiliment of the stage designed to reinforce the general acclamation of the press agent with a particular publicity. Public attention was once somewhat diverted from this garment to Miss Lillian Russell's refusal to wear it, and many were the conjectures as to her motive, the guess of Miss Pauline Hall showing a high order of ingenuity and sustained reflection. It was Miss Hall's belief that nature had not endowed Miss Russell with beautiful legs. This theory was impossible of acceptance by the male understanding, but the conception of a faulty female leg was of so prodigious originality as to rank among the most brilliant feats of philosophical speculation! It is strange that in all the controversy regarding Miss Russell's aversion to tights no one seems to have thought to ascribe it to what was known among the ancients as "modesty." The nature of that sentiment is now imperfectly understood, and possibly incapable of exposition with the vocabulary that remains to us. The study of lost arts has, however, been recently revived and some of the arts themselves recovered. This is an epoch of renaissances, and there is ground for hope that the primitive "blush" may be dragged from its hiding-place amongst the tombs of antiquity and hissed on to the stage.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Wear

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Dennis Miller

Yeah, go ahead, make me wear papyrus on my cranium for minimum.

Glen Campbell

You got me. I never drank when I was a kid, because if you did, you know, daddy would wear the back side of your pants out.

Jodie Foster

Well, critics that want to talk about how much money everybody makes. And, you know, who shouldn't wear pink.

Nicole Kidman

I know. Because it was right for the character. It was right for, I mean Stephen Daldry didn't say to me, well I want you to do this role and you've got to wear a prosthetic nose, I mean.

Phyllis Diller

When I go to bed at night, I've got so much grease on my body, I wear snow chains to hold up my gown.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Wear

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

John Quincy Adams

1825-1829But the cotton, indispensable for their looms, they will receive almost duty free to weave it into a fabric for our own wear, to the destruction of our own manufactures, which they are enabled thus to under-sell.

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989Our sons and daughters in the services once again wear their uniforms with pride.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Wear

"Wear" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 59.95% of the time. "Wear" is used about 4,859 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)59.95%2,9133,201
Lexical Verb (base form)25.58%1,2436,296
Noun (proper)7.55%36714,753
Noun (singular)6.91%33615,653
Unclassified Items0.02%1339,140
                    Total100.00%4,859N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Wear

The following table summarizes the usage of "wear" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
WearLast name1,0009,877
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Wear

Expressions using "wear": a stuff able to stand wear and tear adjust for wear be in general wear be the wear beach wear casual wear Dental Restoration Wear electrode wear per discharge Fish wear foot wear for everyday wear for hard wear general wear uniform have in constant wear have only one's sunday best to wear in wear kid's wear lady's wear leisure wear man's wear men's wear night wear pluck wear to shreds ready to wear ready to wear clothes relative wear resistance to wear sleep wear slumber wear the worse for wear To wear away To wear off To wear on To wear on or upon To wear one's heart upon one's sleeve To wear out To wear the breeches to wear upon To wear weary wear a bead wear a belt wear a child wear a hairshirt wear a long face wear a mask wear a tie wear a track across a field Wear and tear wear away wear black wear clothes wear contact lenses wear continually wear down wear down at the heels wear glasses wear in wear into holes wear it wear motley wear moustache wear off wear on wear one's hair long wear one's hat on one side wear one's heart on one's sleeve wear one's years well wear oneself wear oneself out wear out wear out by exertion wear out one's life in trifles wear out one's welcome wear round wear sackcloth and ashes wear ship wear shoes wear the breeches wear the crown wear the horns wear the king's coat wear the pants wear the trousers wear the willow wear thin wear through wear to a shadow wear together wear two hats wear upon wear well weir or wear. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "wear": wear-and-tear, wear-and-tear-proof, wear-ing, wear-layer, wear-proof, wear-resistant, Wear-tees, wear-the-au-pair-to-a-frazzle.

Ending with "wear": outer-wear, Witton-le-wear.

Containing "wear": though-i-wear-a-dog-collar, Tyne-wear-tees, wash-and-wear fabric, wash-and-wear-ability, Witton-le-wear-based.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Wear

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

swim wear

19,444

teen swim wear

459

womens swim wear

11,848

man wear

426

beach wear

7,325

bikini swim wear

415

plus size swim wear

2,500

not wear

412

man wear house

2,479

wear

400

dance wear

2,229

kid swim wear

378

western wear

2,172

outer wear

369

venus swim wear

2,078

fitness wear

367

man swim wear

1,771

bridal wear

367

evening wear

1,742

calvin klein swim wear

355

designer swim wear

1,682

swim wear junior

347

formal wear

1,396

child swim wear

344

sexy swim wear

950

roca wear

339

maternity swim wear

948

speedo swim wear

334

club wear

669

exotic dance wear

325

girl swim wear

649

thong swim wear

291

woman swim wear

615

vix swim wear

279

urban wear

599

tommy hilfiger swim wear

258

roxy swim wear

575

lady swim wear

254

maternity wear

550

man formal wear

242
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Wear

Language Translations for "wear"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

dra (bear, carry), aanhê. (various references)

   

Albanian

  

mbathje (drawers, pants), grihet (fray, frazzle, wear away), konsum (consumption, intake, outlay, wear and tear), konsumoj (burn, consume, use up, wear off), lodh (badger, beat, fatigue, harass, irk, jade, overdo, overdrive, overstrain, overstrain oneself, strain, tire, try, Tucker, wear down, wear out, work), mbaj (attach, Bate, bear, breed, carry, deduct, enshrine, force upon, get off, give, have, have smth. on, hold, keep, keep on, maintain, man, perform, pitch, preserve, refrain, respect, retain, save, support, sustain, withhold), duroj (bear, bide, Brook, digest, do with, endure, hack, put up with, stick out, tolerate, withstand), mbath (shoe), veshje (apparel, array, article of clothing, ascription, attire, attribution, clothes, clothing, cloudiness, dress, dressing, fig, furnishings, garb, garment, garments, gear, guise, habiliments, habit, incrustation, outfit, overlay, papering, raggery, raiment, sheath, strip, suit, tog, toggery, togs, vesture), përballoj (beard, breast, confront, cope, cope with, cover, envisage, face, front, outride, outstay, reckon with, stick out, stick to, withstand), përdorim (application, consumption, currency, deal, employment, exercise, exertion, exploitation, operation, reclamation, usage, use, using, utilization, wear and tear, working), përfundoj (accomplish, bring closer, button up, clinch, close, come out, complete, conclude, determine, do, end, finalize, finish, finish off, fulfil, fulfill, lapse, perfect, push through, put through, reason, result, terminate, touch up, transact), pranoj (accept, acknowledge, admit, adopt, agree, allow, avouch, buy, concede, confess, countenance, grant, own, permit, receive, recognize, take, take in, take on, underwrite), prish (alloy, annul, baffle, blast, blow, botch, break, cancel, collapse, consume, corrode, corrupt, damn, darken, debase, debauch, deface, deflower, denounce, deprave, derogate, destroy, deteriorate, disarrange, disestablish, dissipate, dissolve, fester, fritter, frustrate, go, gum up, infringe, injure, mammock, mess, misguide, misspend, nip, obliterate, pervert, pollute, pull down, quash, queer, rot, ruin, shatter, sophisticate, spend, split, spoil, stymie, take away, thwack, trouble, undo, unmake, unsettle, upset, violate, vitiate, warp, wreck, zap), vesh (accredit, apparel, array, arrogate, ascribe, attire, attribute, back, cannon, clothe, coat, cover up, Don, dress, ear, endue, enrobe, face, garb, gird, hanger, impute, inlay, invest, line, lug, overlay, paper, pop, pull on, put on, raceme, revet, sheathe, tapestry, throw on, tog, vesture, whack), mbajtje (delivery, deterrence, grip, gripe, hold, holding, keeping, maintenance, occupancy, prehension, preservation, retention, support, tenure, tote). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏ملابس (apparel, attire, clothes, clothing, costume, dress, garb, garment, gear, gown, outfit, raiment, rig, rigging, robe, suit, toggery, togs), ‏نهك (exhaust, fatigue, fray, frazzle, gruel, harass, jade, macerate, overdo, overload, overstrain, prostrate, spend), ‏لبس (array, attire, clothe, dress, get dressed, panel, robe, tog, vest, wore, worn), ‏لباس (costume, garment, gown, robe), ‏قدرة على الإحتمال (endurance, stay), ‏غير إتجاه المركب, ‏حدث تدريجيا بالإحتكاك, ‏تقلد, ‏ارتداء, ‏إرتدى (don, dress, pop on, put on, shove on), ‏أتزر, ‏أبلى الملابس, ‏أبلى (frazzle, molder, moulder, outwear, scuff, wear down). (various references)

   

Asturian

  

trayer (to wear). (various references)

   

Bemba

  

ukufwala (to wear). (various references)

   

Blackfoot

  

sapskaohsatoo (to wear). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

изхабяване (attrition, waste), издръжливост (bottom, endurance, guts, mettle, patience, reliability, resistance, sand, sinews, stay, staying power, strength, tenacity, tensility, toughness, vitality), издържам на носене, изморявам (fag, puff out, tire out, tucker, wear out), изморявам се, износвам (fatigue, outwear, wear down, wear out), износвам се (wear out), износване (abrasion, fatigue, runout, waste, wear and tear), изтривам (delete, efface, erase, expunge, obliterate, rase, raze, rub away, rub out, rub up, wear away, wipe, wipe away, wipe off, wipe up), изтривам се (rub away, rub out, wear away), изтъркване (abrasion, attrition, detrition, fraying, scour, scrub), дреха (garment, vest), изчерпвам се (dry up, fail, peter out, play out, run out, write out), трайност (durability, duration, endurance, fastness, strength), имам (carry, contain, have, hold, make, own, possess, rejoice in), плат (cloth, coating, fabric, material, textile), минавам еднообразно, минавам мудно, материя (fabric, material, matter, stuff, substance, textile), носене (carrying), нося се (be rife, bound, drift, float, hover, rack, resound, ride, roll, sail, sashay, skim, skitter, slip, spin along, sweep, wing), облекло (apparel, array, attire, clothes, clothing, dress, dressing, fig, garb, garments, investment, livery, rig, rigging, tog, trim, turnout, vest, vesture), облечен съм с, обут съм в, точа се (linger, roll, wear out), изчерпвам (deplete, exhaust, impoverish, play out, use up). (various references)

   

Cebuano

  

mosul-ob (to wear). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

(girdle ornaments), 穿戴 (Dressed), 穿帶 , (to bear, to put on, to respect, to support), (to respect), (and, area, band, belt, bring, carry, consists of, girdle, lead, region, ribbon, show, zone). (various references)

   

Cornish

  

gwysca (to wear). (various references)

   

Czech

  

vyèerpat (deplete, do up, drain, enervate, exhaust, fatigue, suck up, tire out, use up, work out), opotřebovat (Hackney, wear down, wear out), odìv (array, attire, clothes, clothing, garb, garment, habiliment, habiliments, vest), obleèení (clothes, clothing, dress), nosit (carry, tote), nošení šatù, mít na sobì (have on), móda (fashion, style, tonal, trend, vogue), šaty (apparel, clothes, dress, dresses, frock, garments, outfit, suit). (various references)

   

Danish

  

bære (bear, carry). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

voorhebben (bear, carry, intend, mean), voeren (bear, carry, conduct, feed, guide, lead, transport), dragen (abet, abide, bear, carry, carry out, endure, put up with, suffer, support, sustain), brengen (bear, bring, carry, conduct, fetch, guide, lead, to bring). (various references)

   

Ecuadorian Quechua

  

churana (to wear). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

surhavi, porti (carry). (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

bera (bear, carry). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

فرسودن (Gnaw, Tire), پوشیدن (Don, Hide, Overlay), پوشاک (Clothing, Garment, Raiment, Weed), عینک یاکراوات زدن , دوام کردن (Last), دربرکردن , برسرگذاشتن . (various references)

   

Finnish

  

kulutus (consumption, use), kuluminen (abrasion, deterioration, weathering). (various references)

   

French

  

porter, usure (wear and tear, wearout). (various references)

   

Frisian

  

oanhawwe. (various references)

   

German

  

tragen (absorb, back, barrows, be carrying, be pregnant, bear, born, borne, carry, carrying, contain, crop, defray, display, endure, pack, pass on, produce, shoulder, spread, stretchers, support, sustain, take, take weight, to absorb, to carry, to wear, tote, waft, yield), Verschleiß (consumption, loss, wear and tear, wearout), aufhaben (be open, have homework, have on, have open), abtragen (abrade, bring away, carry away, carry off, clear away, clear off, dismantle, erode, level down, outwear, pay off, remove, to carry off, to remove, wear away, wear out), Abnutzung (fading, scuff, wastage, wear and tear, wearout), abnutzen (consume, fray, outwear, to wear away, to wear out, use up, wear down, wear out). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

φορώ (get into, put on, try on), φθορά (abrasion, attrition, corruption, decay, spoilage, spoiling, wastage, waste, wear and tear). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

ללבוש (clothe, cover, dress, put on, tog), לענוד (bind, decorate, sport), לבוש (apparel, attired, be ashamed, clothed, clothing, dress, dressed, feel ashamed, garb, garment, habited, raiment, rig, rig out, robed, vesture), לבש (dress), שחיקה (abrasion, burnout, erosion, grating, grinding, pounding, rubbing), עמידות (durability, impregnability, resistance), התבלות (wear and tear, wearing out), בלאי (amortization, wastage, wear and tear). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

viselet (attire, costume, garb, rig, turnout). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

pakaian (attire, costume, dress, garb, garment, vestiture, vestment, vesture), mengenakan (don, enrobe, put at case, reassure), membulang (tie on). (various references)

   

Irish

  

iompair (carry). (various references)

   

Italian

  

portare (adduce, bear, bring, bring about, bring forth, carry, convey, drive, fetch, get, lead, move, nourish, produce, take, to bring), logoramento (attrition, wasting away). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

磨耗 (abrasion), 持ち (charge, draw, durability, hold, in charge, keep possession, life, usage), 摩耗 (abrasion), (put on), (buy, call, catch, drink, eat, put on, ride in, send for, take), ウェーバーの法則 (on-deck batter's circle, rag, taking a pitch, wafer, wafers, waist, waist bag, waist nipper, waist pouch, waistcoat, waistline, wait, waiter, waiting circle, waiting game, waiting room, waiting system, waitress, Wales, walk rally, walk through, walkathon, walkie-lookie, walkie-talkie, walking dictionary, walking shoes, Walkman, war cry, war game, ware, -ware, warehouse, warm, warming, warming-up, warm-up, warning lamp, waste ball, water chute, water closet, water hazard, water polo, watercolor, watercooler, waterfall, waterfront, watermelon, waterproof, watertight, wave, wave-front, way, weapon, weather, weathercock, weatherstrip molding, web, Weber, Weber's law, wedding, wedding bell, wedding cake, wedding dress, wedding march, wedding ring, wedding veil, wedeling, wedge heel, wedge sole, weight, weight lifting, weight training, welcome, well-done, west, West Coast, West End, West Point, West Side, West Virginia, western, Western grip, Western league, Western music, Westinghouse, wet, wet core, wet cut, wet suit, worm gear). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

しょう (actor, artisan, award, bruise, buy, call, carpenter, catch, chapter, commander, cut, destroy, drink, eat, gash, general, government, hurt, idea, illness, important point, injury, label, leader, make up for, means, mechanic, medal, phenomenon, prize, put on, quotient, ride in, scar, scratch, section, send for, take, to be burdened with, to carry on back or shoulder, upper part, weak point, workman, wound), まもう (abrasion), もち (be not, birdlime, charge, do not, draw, durability, hold, in charge, keep possession, life, must not, sticky rice cake, usage), ウェア (-ware), ウエア (ware), はい (actor, arrangement, ash, disposition, distribution, lung, put on, worship). (various references)

   

Kongo

  

ku-vwata (to wear). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

착용 (Wearing). (various references)

   

Macedonian

  

nosi (to wear). (various references)

   

Malay

  

angkat ... mengangkat (bear, carry). (various references)

   

Manx

  

cur harrish fo'n gheay, ceau (aim, carry, consume, corner, corner on road, dart, fall, hang, last, loose, pass, pelt, rain, rake, run out, shoot, shower; launch, shy; weather, spend, throw). (various references)

   

Maya

  

kaschah (to wear out). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

bære (bear, carry). (various references)

   

Papago

  

juhkch (to wear). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

earway.(various references)

   

Polish

  

nosić (bear, carry), nieść (bear, carry). (various references)

   

Portuguese

  

desgaste (abrasion, attrition, detrition, fret, friction, inroad, offscourings, wastage, waste, wear and tear), calçar (boot, pave, put on, shim, skid, trig, underlay). (various references)

   

Provencal

  

portar (to wear). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

purta (bear, behave, carry, conduct, have on, prosecute, wield), îmbrãcãminte (accoutrement, attire, carpet, clothes, clothing, dress, fig, garb, garment, gear, plank, rig, toggery, toilet), avea o anumitã înfãţişare, avea pe faţã, duce (bear, blow away, bring, carry, convey, deliver, die, drive, duke, fare, fool, go, guide, kid, lead, live, outsmart, palm off, prosecute, pull,