Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Intended to be worn: wearing apparel.
- adj. Causing fatigue; tiring: a wearing visit.
- adj. Causing wear; eroding: the wearing effects of wind on rock formations.
- adj. Subject to or showing indication of wear: lubrication applied to wearing points.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act. of one who wears.
- n. That which one wears; clothes; garments.
- n. The act of wearing away or passing.
- Wasting; consuming; exhausting; tiring: as, wearing suspense or grief.
Wiktionary
- adj. intended to be worn
- adj. causing tiredness
- adj. causing erosion
- n. the mechanical process of eroding or grinding
- v. present participle of wear.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The act of one who wears; the manner in which a thing wears; use; conduct; consumption.
- n. obsolete That which is worn; clothes; garments.
- adj. Pertaining to, or designed for, wear.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. producing exhaustion
- n. (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)
- n. the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment
Examples
“He bore little resemblance to the tough, angry kid who had swaggered into my room at the beginning of the term wearing a jacket with a skull-and-crossbones patch and looking as if he were spoiling for a fight.”
“Cameron accepted the title wearing a yellow dress with a gold-bodice and chandelier earrings.”
“It turns out no one at the liquor store had ever heard of Cutty Sark (despite the history), so I settled instead on an amber Caribbean rum with a comely woman on the label wearing some fruit and a smile.”
“I strutted in wearing a new provocative outfit that I had purchased for an exorbitant price at one of the local shops.”
“I know the feeling others have spoken of about feeling conspicuous and self-conscious in wearing feminine clothes.”
“So yes, I would have to be careful in wearing pink - but that doesn't mean I can't do it!”
“Getting the real thing can be pricy but if you're on your feet all day they're a godsent - though if you're bold enough to begin wearing stays, expect the usual commentary from family, health workers etc.”
“There is no shame in wearing a pretty apron ... her Mother just wanted to be seen in a clean one!”
“For example: "Also, this burlap sack I'm wearing is really itchy.”
“So most of Jenny's classmates will be wandering in wearing their saris, kimonos etc in true relaxed fashion, while the domestically challenged of Petrona towers are putting up "business as usual" signs, as our in-house stock of Harry Potter cloaks, age 6-sized Sleeping Beauty/Pocahontas dresses and various Hallowe'en costumes have been firmly nixed.”
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bookwords
Words that apply to the description and condition of books
foxing, cocked, endpaper, scuffing, spine, impression, marginal, covers, browning, edition, printing, dust jacket and 44 more...
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
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