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

wearing \wear"ing\, n.
   1. the act of one who wears; the manner in which a thing
      wears; use; conduct; consumption.
      1913 webster

            belike he meant to ward, and there to see his
            wearing.                              --latimer.
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   2. that which is worn; clothes; garments. obs.
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            give me my nightly wearing and adieu. --shak.
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[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

wearing \wear"ing\, a.
   pertaining to, or designed for, wear; as, wearing apparel.
   1913 webster

[3] : 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.
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            on her white breast a sparkling cross she wore,
            which jews might kiss, and infidels adore. --pope.
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   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.
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            his innocent gestures wear
            a meaning half divine.                --keble.
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   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.
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   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.
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            that wicked wight his days doth wear. --spenser.
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            the waters wear the stones.           --job xiv. 19.
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   5. to cause or make by friction or wasting; as, to wear a
      channel; to wear a hole.
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   6. to form or shape by, or as by, attrition.
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            trials wear us into a liking of what, possibly, in
            the first essay, displeased us.       --locke.
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   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.
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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 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

wearing
     adj : producing exhaustion; "an exhausting march"; "the visit was
           especially wearing" syn: exhausting, tiring, wearying
     n 1: geology the mechanical process of wearing or grinding
          something down as by particles washing over it syn: erosion,
           eroding, eating away, wearing away
     2: the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment;
        "she bought it for everyday wear" syn: wear
see also:
exhausting tiring wearying erosion eroding eating away 
wearing away wear 

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