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)

Literature

Metallurgy

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

Synonyms: Wear

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.

Crosswords: Wear

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.)

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)

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)

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)

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.

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

• Journal Of Friction And Wear (reference)

• Kids Wear (reference)

• Usa Ladies & Girls Wear (reference)

• Wear (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Good Guys Wear Black (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Never Let the Bastards Wear You Down (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• 14 Ways to Wear Lipstick (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

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.

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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)

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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

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

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

The novices wear the same dress, all in white

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

Never wear out.

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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)

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

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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.

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.

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, push, support, take, tend, wage), fi îmbrãcat cu (wore), fi încãlţat cu, haine (accoutrement, apparel, clothes, clothing, creature comforts, dress, fig, habiliment, raiment, rigging, suit), îmbrãca (accoutre, array, attire, do on, draw on, dress, enclothe, endue, equip, garb, habit, protect, put on, vest, wore), ponosire, uzurã (attrition, frazzle, use), purtare a îmbrãcãmintei, roade (abrade, canker, consume, corrode, crunch, eat, eat into, eat through, erode, fester, fray, fruitage, gall, gnaw, hollow, nibble, prey), se purta (bear oneself, behave, carry, do, do by, quit), se uza (fret, rub, spend, wear out), toci (benumb, blunt, con, cram, cram up, dull, fret, grind, hack, mug, plug, rebate, take the edge off), trece (bequeath, blow over, call, call on, cease, clear away, cross, die, diminish, disappear, elapse, enter, flow, Ford, get in, get under, go, go by, go on, insert, jot down, lapse, lapse away, pass, pass away, pass by, pass off, pass on, pop, reeve, register, roll, sail, sift, slip away, slip by, transmit, traverse), uza (batter, fray, fret, hack, Hackney, kick out, outwear, utilize, waste, wear down), ponosi (batter, slander). (various references)

Ruanda

kwambara (to wear). (various references)

Russian 

срабатываться, срабатывание (abrasion), одежда (aparel, apparel, clobber, clothes, clothing, costume, dress, garment, garments, get up, maternity clothes, raggery, raiment, rig, rigging, the outward man, tog, toggery, togs, turn out, undercoat, vestment), носить;изнашивать износ, носить (bear, carry), быть одетым в, истирание (abrasion, attrition, detrition, seizing), износ (abrasive wear, deterioration, wear and tear, wear-and-tear, wear-out), изнашиваться (abrade, tear, wear down, wear out), изнашивать (outwear, outwore, outworn, wear down, wear out), изнашивание (frazzle, wastage, wear and tear). (various references)

Samoan

e ofu (to wear). (various references)

Scottish

caith (cast, exhaust, spend). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

nositi (bear, bring, buffet, carry, have, hold, pack, take, tote, waft), nošenje (carrying, laying, porterage, waft, wearing), izdržljivost (durability, endurance, stamina, staying power), habanje (fraying). (various references)

Sicilian

purtari (to wear). (various references)

Spanish

llevar (bear, bear out, blow, bring, bring along, bring around, bring round, carry, carry off, carry on, cart, convey, deliver, drive, encroach on, enter up, ferryboat, fetch, have, have on, heave, hump, hunch, keep, lead, live, live through, live up, lug, model, run, see, spend, sport, take, take along, take over, tote, transport, truck, trundle, tug, wash, whip, whirl, whisk), tener puesto (have on), desgaste (attrition, leak, scuff, wastage, waste, wear and tear, wearout, weathering). (various references)

Sranan

weri (tired, weather), tyari (bear, bring, carry, fetch). (various references)

Swedish

nötning (attrition, ues, use), bära (bear, carry, crop, defray, hump, lead, pack, pay, ride, support, tote), nöta (fret, scuff). (various references)

Tagalog

dalhín (bear, bring, carry, fetch). (various references)

Thai

ใครใช้ได้เอาไปเลย. (various references)

Turkish

nakletmek (bear, bring forward, carry, carry forward, carry over, communicate, convey, freight, graft, implant, recount, remove, route, ship, transfer, transplant, transport), aşınma (abrasion, amortization, attrition, corrosion, detrital, detrition, dilapidation, erosion, fret), boca etmek (tilt, turn over, Upend), dayanıklılık (durability, endurance, fastness, fortitude, grit, hardihood, hardiness, hardness, indestructibility, lastingness, reliability, resistance, solidity, staying power, strength, sturdiness, substantiality, toughness), dayanma (endurance, lean, osculation, resistance, resting, stand, stay, sufferance, tolerance), dayanmak (abut, be based on, be predicated on, bear up, bear up against, bear with, Brook, consist, endure, found, go on, ground, hang, hang on, hinge on, hold, hold on, hold one's own, hold out, hold up, last, lean, lean upon, offer resistance, osculate, put up with, rely on, rely upon, repose, repose on, resist, rest, rest against, root in, stand, stand on, stand the racket, stand up, stand upon, stay, stick, stick it, stick out, survive, sweat out, take, take it, thole, tolerate, trace, withstand), elbise (apparel, attire, clothes, clothing, costume, dress, garment, gown, habit, raiment, robe, tire, tog, toggery), eskime (ageing, aging, becoming old, obsolescence), giyinme, giymek (Don, draw on, dress, put on, robe, slip on), aşındırmak (abrade, attack, bite, corrode, eat, eat at, eat away, erode, fray, fray out, fret, gnaw into, wash, wash away, wash off, wear off), kullanma (driving, exercise, exploitation, handling, imposition, operating, operation, tenure, usage, use, using, utilization), yıpratmak (age, batter, chafe, corrode, fray, fray out, frazzle, fret, thumb, wear away, wear down), soldurmak (blanch, decolor, decolorize, decolour, decolourize, discolor, discolour, etiolate, fade, pale, wither), solmak (be discolored, be discoloured, change colour, die, die away, die down, discolor, discolour, droop, fade, pale, wane, wear away, whiten, wilt, wither, wither up), taşımak (bear, bear away, carry, carry away, convey, haul, put across, relocate, remove, ride, run, stanchion, sustain, tote, transport, waft, walk, wash), takınmak (assume, put on, strike), takmak (affix, attach, bother, fix, fixate, give a damn, hang, hang on, hitch, hook, infix, set, snag, stick, stock, string, thread), taximak (bear, carry), volta vurmak (beat, cast about, cast around), yıpranma (abrasion, attrition, corrosion, fraying, frazzle), yıpranmamak (wear well), giysi (apparel, attire, caparison, clothes, clothing, costume, dress, garment, guise, raiment, robe, tire, tog, toggery, vesture). (various references)

Turkmen 

dakynmak. (various references)

Ukrainian

носкість, бути одягненим (have on), зберігатися (keep, last, survive), зношування (frazzle, wastage, waste), зношувати (abrade, chafe, fray, wear down), зношуватися (fray, stale), мати вигляд, наближатися (approach, appropinquate, approximate, be anear, come near, draw, near, nigh, verge), протирати (abrade, chafe, fray), носитися, стомлювати (dull, fag, fatigue, gruel, irk, tire, try, weary), носіння (bearing, carrying, wearing), одежа, одяг (apparel, caparison, clobber, clothes, clothing, costume, dress, garb, garments, investment, outfit, rag, raiment, rig out, tailoring, things, togs, vestment), вивітрюватися (disintegrate, weather), гребля (barrage, dam, dike), коротати (while), розмиватися, ставатя якимсь, носити (bear, carry). (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự mặc được (wore), sự mặc quần áo (wore), sự mang (assumption, portage, wore), sự mòn (wore), sự dùng được sự hao mòn (wore), sự dùng (employment, exertion, milage, mileage, use, utilization, wore), giầy dép sự chịu mòn (wore). (various references)

Welsh

gwisgo (array, attire, dress). (various references)

Zulu

-qgoke. (various references)

gaer, gerar, gerarae, geraris, gerebat, gerens, gerere, gereret, gerimus, gerson, gersonitarum, gerunt, geruntur, gesserat, gesserit, gesserunt, gessi, gessimus, gessistis, gessit, gesta, gestabit, gestam, gestamini, gestantes, gestare, gestarum, gestas, gestis, gestorum, gestum, inhabita, inhabitabant, inhabitabantur, inhabitabis, inhabitabit, inhabitabitur, inhabitabo, inhabitabunt, inhabitabuntur, inhabitamus, inhabitans, inhabitant, inhabitantem, inhabitantes, inhabitantibus, inhabitantium, inhabitare, inhabitat, inhabitata, inhabitatio, inhabitationes, inhabitatores, inhabitaverunt, inhabitavit, inhabitem, inhabitet, portare, tulere, vehere. (various references)

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

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

Derivations

Words beginning with "wear": wearabilities, wearability, wearable, wearables, wearer, wearers, wearied, wearier, wearies, weariest, weariful, wearifully, wearifulness, wearifulnesses, weariless, wearilessly, wearily, weariness, wearinesses, wearing, wearingly, wearish, wearisome, wearisomely, wearisomeness, wearisomenesses, wears, weary, wearying. (additional references)

Words ending with "wear": antiwear, beachwear, eyewear, footwear, foreswear, formalwear, forswear, knitwear, leisurewear, loungewear, menswear, neckwear, nightwear, outerwear, outswear, outwear, overwear, playwear, rainwear, skiwear, sleepwear, sportswear, swear, swimwear, townwear, underwear, unswear. (additional references)

Words containing "wear": aweary, bewearied, bewearies, beweary, bewearying, foreswearing, foreswears, forswearing, forswears, outswearing, outswears, outwearied, outwearies, outwearing, outwears, outweary, outwearying, overwearing, overwears, overweary, swearer, swearers, swearing, swears, swearword, swearwords, unswearing, unswears, unwearable, unwearied, unweariedly, unweary. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Wear" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ewa, ewar, ewarn, Eworp, waaah, waar, waeb, waer, wair, waor, wara, warr, wea, weab, wead, weaf, Weah, weam, weap, weard, wearn, weas, weat, weav, weaz, webar, wedar, weer, Wehr, weia, weirn, weor, wer, weran, werr, wesr, wetar, wetr, weyr, wezaar, whar, whear, wiar, wiard, woar, woea, woir, wrae, wrear, wua, Wuer. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: ware.

-1 letter: are, awe, ear, era, raw, wae, war.

-2 letters: ae, ar, aw, er, re, we.

+1 letter: aware, dewar, pawer, rawer, resaw, rewan, rewax, sawer, sewar, sware, swear, tawer, wader, wafer, wager, waker, waler, wared, wares, warez, water, waver, waxer, wears, weary, wreak.

+2 letters: answer, avower, aweary, bawler, beware, bewrap, bewray, brawer, chawer, clawer, dewars, drawee, drawer, earwax, earwig, enwrap, fawner, gawker, gawper, gnawer, hawker, hawser, lawyer, pawers, pawner, prelaw, prewar, rawest, reavow, redowa, redraw, resawn, resaws, rewake, reward, rewarm, rewash, rewrap, sawers, sawyer, sewars, swager, swayer, swears, tawers, thawer, wadder, waders, wafers, wafery, wafter, wagers, wagger, wailer, waired, waiter, waiver, wakers, walers, walker, wander, wanier, wanner, wanter, warble, warded, warden, warder, warier, warked, warmed, warmer, warned, warner, warped, warper, warred, warren, warsle, warted, washer, waster, waters, watery, watter, wavers, wavery, wavier, waxers, waxier, weaker, weaner, wearer, weaver, whaler, wharve, womera, wrasse, wreaks, wreath, yawner, yawper.