[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

wear \wear\, v. i.
   1. to endure or suffer use; to last under employment; to bear
      the consequences of use, as waste, consumption, or
      attrition; as, a coat wears well or ill; -- hence,
      sometimes applied to character, qualifications, etc.; as,
      a man wears well as an acquaintance.
      1913 webster

   2. 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. "thus wore out night."
      --milton.
      1913 webster

            away, i say; time wears.              --shak.
      1913 webster

            thou wilt surely wear away, both thou and this
            people that is with thee.             --ex. xviii.
                                                  18.
      1913 webster

            his stock of money began to wear very low. --sir w.
                                                  scott.
      1913 webster

            the family . . . wore out in the earlier part of the
            century.                              --beaconsfield.
      1913 webster

   to wear off, to pass away by degrees; as, the follies of
      youth wear off with age.

   to wear on, to pass on; as, time wears on. --g. eliot.

   to wear weary, to become weary, as by wear, long
      occupation, tedious employment, etc.
      1913 webster
see also:
to wear off to wear on to wear weary 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

wear \wear\, n.
   1. the act of wearing, or the state of being worn;
      consumption by use; diminution by friction; as, the wear
      of a garment.
      1913 webster

   2. the thing worn; style of dress; the fashion.
      1913 webster

            motley 's the only wear.              --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. the result of wearing or use; consumption, diminution, or
      impairment due to use, friction, or the like; as, the wear
      of this coat has been good.
      webster 1913 suppl.

   wear and tear, the loss by wearing, as of machinery in use;
      the loss or injury to which anything is subjected by use,
      accident, etc.
      1913 webster
see also:
wear and tear 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

weir \weir\ w=er, wear \wear\,n. oe. wer, as. wer; akin to
   g. wehr, as. werian to defend, protect, hinder, g. wehren,
   goth. warjan; and perhaps to e. wary; or cf. skr. v.r to
   check, hinder. root142. cf. garret.
   1. a dam in a river to stop and raise the water, for the
      purpose of conducting it to a mill, forming a fish pond,
      or the like.
      1913 webster

   2. a fence of stakes, brushwood, or the like, set in a
      stream, tideway, or inlet of the sea, for taking fish.
      1913 webster

   3. a long notch with a horizontal edge, as in the top of a
      vertical plate or plank, through which water flows, --
      used in measuring the quantity of flowing water.
      1913 webster
see also:
garret 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

wear \wear\ w=er; 277, n.
   same as weir.
   1913 webster
see also:
weir 

[5] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

wear \wear\ w^ar, v. t. cf. veer. naut.
   to cause to go about, as a vessel, by putting the helm up,
   instead of alee as in tacking, so that the vessel's bow is
   turned away from, and her stern is presented to, the wind,
   and, as she turns still farther, her sails fill on the other
   side; to veer.
   1913 webster
see also:
veer 

[6] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

wear \wear\, v. t. imp. wore w=or; p. p. worn
   w=orn; p. pr.  vb. n. wearing. before the 15th century
   wear was a weak verb, the imp.  p. p. being weared. oe.
   weren, werien, as. werian to carry, to wear, as arms or
   clothes; akin to ohg. werien, weren, to clothe, goth. wasjan,
   l. vestis clothing, vestire to clothe, gr. "enny`nai, skr.
   vas. cf. vest.
   1913 webster
   1. to carry or bear upon the person; to bear upon one's self,
      as an article of clothing, decoration, warfare, bondage,
      etc.; to have appendant to one's body; to have on; as, to
      wear a coat; to wear a shackle.
      1913 webster

            what compass will you wear your farthingale? --shak.
      1913 webster

            on her white breast a sparkling cross she wore,
            which jews might kiss, and infidels adore. --pope.
      1913 webster

   2. to have or exhibit an appearance of, as an aspect or
      manner; to bear; as, she wears a smile on her countenance.
      "he wears the rose of youth upon him." --shak.
      1913 webster

            his innocent gestures wear
            a meaning half divine.                --keble.
      1913 webster

   3. to use up by carrying or having upon one's self; hence, to
      consume by use; to waste; to use up; as, to wear clothes
      rapidly.
      1913 webster

   4. to impair, waste, or diminish, by continual attrition,
      scraping, percussion, on the like; to consume gradually;
      to cause to lower or disappear; to spend.
      1913 webster

            that wicked wight his days doth wear. --spenser.
      1913 webster

            the waters wear the stones.           --job xiv. 19.
      1913 webster

   5. to cause or make by friction or wasting; as, to wear a
      channel; to wear a hole.
      1913 webster

   6. to form or shape by, or as by, attrition.
      1913 webster

            trials wear us into a liking of what, possibly, in
            the first essay, displeased us.       --locke.
      1913 webster

   to wear away, to consume; to impair, diminish, or destroy,
      by gradual attrition or decay.

   to wear off, to diminish or remove by attrition or slow
      decay; as, to wear off the nap of cloth.

   to wear on or to wear upon, to wear. obs. "i weared
      upon my gay scarlet gites gowns." --chaucer.

   to wear out.
      a to consume, or render useless, by attrition or decay;
          as, to wear out a coat or a book.
      b to consume tediously. "to wear out miserable days."
          --milton.
      c to harass; to tire. "he shall wear out the saints of
          the most high." --dan vii. 25.
      d to waste the strength of; as, an old man worn out in
          military service.

   to wear the breeches. see under breeches. colloq.
      1913 webster
see also:
wore worn wearing weared vest to wear away 
to wear off to wear on to wear upon to wear out to wear the breeches 
breeches 

[7] : WordNet (r) 2.0

wear
     n 1: impairment resulting from long use; "the tires showed uneven
          wear"
     2: a covering designed to be worn on a person's body syn: clothing,
         article of clothing, vesture
     3: the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment;
        "she bought it for everyday wear" syn: wearing
     v 1: be dressed in; "she was wearing yellow that day" syn: have
          on
     2: have on one's person; "he wore a red ribbon"; "bear a scar"
        syn: bear
     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" syn: wear off, wear out, wear
        thin
     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" syn: hold out, endure
     7: go to pieces; "the lawn mower finally broke"; "the gears
        wore out"; "the old chair finally fell apart completely"
        syn: break, wear out, bust, fall apart
     8: exhaust or tire through overuse or great strain or stress;
        "we wore ourselves out on this hike" syn: tire, wear
        upon, tire out, weary, jade, wear out, outwear,
         wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue ant: refresh
     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" syn: put on, get into,
         don, assume
     also: worn, wore
see also:
clothing article of clothing vesture wearing have on bear 
wear off wear out wear thin hold out endure 
break bust fall apart tire wear upon 
tire out weary jade outwear wear down 
fag out fag fatigue refresh put on 
get into don assume worn wore 

[8] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

302 moby thesaurus words for "wear":
   abate, abide, ablate, ablation, about ship, abrade, abrase,
   abrasion, abrasive, act a part, affect, apparel, array, assume,
   atomization, attire, attrition, back and fill, bark, bate,
   be dressed in, be eaten away, be infinitely repetitive, be tedious,
   bear away, bear off, bear to starboard, beat, beat about,
   bedizenment, bide, box off, break, breakup, bring about,
   bring round, buffing, burn out, burnishing, cant, cant round,
   carry on, cast, cast about, chafe, chafing, change course,
   change the heading, clothes, clothing, come about, consume,
   consume away, continue, continue to be, corrode, corrosion,
   costume, counterfeit, crumble, crumbling, debilitate, decay,
   decline, decomposition, decrease, defeat time, defy time,
   degradation, deliquesce, deplete, depreciate, detrition, die away,
   dilapidation, diminish, disintegration, disjunction,
   disorganization, dissipate, dissolution, dive, do a bit, do in,
   do up, double a point, drag on, drain, dramatize, drapery, dress,
   dressing, dribble away, drop, drop off, duds, dwell, dwindle, ebb,
   endure, enervate, erase, erasure, erode, erosion, exhaust, exist,
   extend, fag, fag out, fake, fall, fall away, fall off, fashion,
   fatigue, fatigues, feathers, feign, fetch about, fig, file, filing,
   flag, fray, frazzle, fret, fretting, gall, galling, garb, garments,
   gear, glut, gnaw, gnaw away, go about, go on, go on forever, grate,
   graze, grazing, grind, grinding, guise, gybe, habiliment, habit,
   harass, have on, heave round, histrionize, hold, hold on, hold out,
   incoherence, investiture, investment, irk, jade, jibe,
   jibe all standing, keep, keep on, knock out, knock up, languish,
   last, last long, last out, lessen, let up, limation, linen, live,
   live on, live through, maintain, make out like, melt away,
   miss stays, overact, overfatigue, overstrain, overtire, overweary,
   pall, perdure, perennate, persist, play, play a part, play a scene,
   playact, plummet, plunge, ply, polishing, poop, poop out, pretend,
   prevail, prostrate, put about, put back, put on, put on airs, rags,
   raiment, rasp, rasping, ravages of time, raze, remain, resolution,
   robes, round a point, rub away, rub off, rub out, rubbing away,
   run, run low, run on, sag, sandblasting, sanding, satiate, scour,
   scouring, scrape, scraping, scratch, scratching, scrub, scrubbing,
   scuff, sham, sheer, shift, shining, shrink, simulate, sink, skin,
   slew, smoothing, sport, sportswear, squander, stand, stay, stay on,
   style, subside, subsist, survive, sustain, swerve, swing round,
   swing the stern, tack, tail off, tarry, tatter, threads,
   throw about, tide over, tire, tire out, tire to death, togs,
   toilette, trim, turn, turn back, use, use up, veer, vestment,
   vesture, wane, waste, waste away, weaken, wear and tear, wear away,
   wear down, wear off, wear on, wear out, wear ragged, wear ship,
   wear well, wearing apparel, wearing away, weary, weather,
   weathering, wilt, wind, yaw

[9] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

wear. a great dam made across a river, accommodated for the taking of fish, 
or to convey a stream to a mill. jacob's law dict. h.t. vide dam. 

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