Definition of wear

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Wear (v. i.) To be wasted, consumed, or diminished, by being used; to suffer injury, loss, or extinction by use or time; to decay, or be spent, gradually..

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Clay :: Clay (n.) A soft earth, which is plastic, or may be molded with the hands, consisting of hydrous silicate of aluminium. It is the result of the wearing down and decomposition, in part, of rocks containing aluminous minerals, as granite. Lime, magnesia, oxide of iron, and other ingredients, are often present as impurities..
Overwatch :: Overwatch (v. t.) To weary or exhaust by watching.
Labor :: Labor (n.) To be oppressed with difficulties or disease; to do one's work under conditions which make it especially hard, wearisome; to move slowly, as against opposition, or under a burden; to be burdened; -- often with under, and formerly with of..
Epauletted :: Epauletted (a.) Wearing epaulets; decorated with epaulets.
Fray :: Fray (v. i.) To wear out or into shreads, or to suffer injury by rubbing, as when the threads of the warp or of the woof wear off so that the cross threads are loose; to ravel; as, the cloth frays badly..
Wear :: Wear (n.) A fence of stakes, brushwood, or the like, set in a stream, tideway, or inlet of the sea, for taking fish..
Waste :: Waste (a.) To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.
Tonsure :: Tonsure (n.) The shaven corona, or crown, which priests wear as a mark of their order and of their rank..
Calced :: Calced (a.) Wearing shoes; calceated; -- in distintion from discalced or barefooted; as the calced Carmelites.
Wore :: Wore () imp. of Wear.
Swear :: Swearing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swea.
Spatterdashed :: Spatterdashed (a.) Wearing spatterdashes.
Zoned :: Zoned (a.) Wearing a zone, or girdle..
Habilatory :: Habilatory (a.) Of or pertaining to clothing; wearing clothes.
Worn :: Worn () p. p. of Wear.
Vizarded :: Vizarded (a.) Wearing a vizard.
Outwear :: Outwear (v. t.) To last longer than; to outlast; as, this cloth will outwear the other..
Heigh-ho :: Heigh-ho (interj.) An exclamation of surprise, joy, dejection, uneasiness, weariness, etc..
Spend :: Spend (v. i.) To waste or wear away; to be consumed; to lose force or strength; to vanish; as, energy spends in the using of it..
Croise :: Croise (n.) A pilgrim bearing or wearing a cross.
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