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Definition: Wear |
WearNoun1. 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". Verb1. 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) |
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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) |
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(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."
Synonyms: WearSynonyms: 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) |
| Context | Synonyms 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. | |
Crosswords: Wear |
| English words defined with "wear": To wear off, To wear on or upon, To wear out, To wear weary ♦ wear ship. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "wear": adjust for wear, attritious wear ♦ Dental Restoration Wear ♦ relative wear ♦ WEAR A--E, wear plate, wear rib. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "wear": Xylotrya. (references) |
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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) | |
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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. |
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| "Horse Sign" by Paige Foster Commentary: "Fake horse on top of a sign for a western wear store in rural Missouri." |
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| Grind; erosive; polish; rough; scratch; scuff; sharpen; smooth; wear; churn. | |
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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. |
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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) |
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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 |
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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. |
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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. |
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John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | But 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 | 1981-1989 | Our sons and daughters in the services once again wear their uniforms with pride. |
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| "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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 59.95% | 2,913 | 3,201 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 25.58% | 1,243 | 6,296 |
| Noun (proper) | 7.55% | 367 | 14,753 |
| Noun (singular) | 6.91% | 336 | 15,653 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.02% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 4,859 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| 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. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Wear | Last name | 1,000 | 9,877 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
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. | |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency 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. | |||
| 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 | 珮 (girdle ornaments), 穿戴 (Dressed), 穿帶 , 戴 (to bear, to put on, to respect, to support), 佩 (to respect), 帶 (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), 佩 (put on), 召 (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, |