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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
warn \warn\ waddrn, v. t. oe. wernen, as. weornan, wyrnan.
   cf. warn to admonish.
   to refuse. written also wern, worn. obs. --chaucer.
   1913 webster
see also:
warn wern worn 
[2] : 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 
[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
worn \worn\,
   p. p. of wear.
   1913 webster

   worn land, land that has become exhausted by tillage, or
      which for any reason has lost its fertility.
      1913 webster
see also:
wear worn land 
[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
worn
     see wear
see also:
wear 
[5] : 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 

[6] : WordNet (r) 2.0
worn
     adj 1: affected by wear; damaged by long use; "worn threads on the
            screw"; "a worn suit"; "the worn pockets on the
            jacket" ant: unworn
     2: showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or
        suffering; "looking careworn as she bent over her
        mending"; "her face was drawn and haggard from
        sleeplessness"; "that raddled but still noble face";
        "shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face"-
        charles dickens syn: careworn, drawn, haggard, raddled
see also:
unworn careworn drawn haggard raddled 
[7] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
169 moby thesaurus words for "worn":
   abated, ablated, ablative, attenuated, ausgespielt, back-number,
   banal, bare, bated, belittled, bewhiskered, biodegradable,
   bromidic, burned-out, careworn, common, commonplace, consumed,
   contracted, corny, corrosive, crumbling, curtailed, cut-and-dried,
   debilitated, decomposable, decomposing, decreased, deep-worn,
   deflated, degradable, devitalized, dilapidated, diminished,
   disabled, disintegrable, disintegrated, disintegrating,
   disintegrative, disjunctive, disruptive, dissipated, dog-eared,
   drained, drawn, drooping, droopy, dropped, dusty, effete,
   enervated, enfeebled, eroded, erosive, eviscerated, exhausted,
   fade, fagged, faint, fainting, fallen, familiar, fatigued,
   feeling faint, flagging, footsore, frazzled, fusty, gone to seed,
   good and tired, hackney, hackneyed, haggard, hand-me-down,
   hollow-eyed, incapacitated, jaded, languid, less, lesser, lower,
   lowered, mildewed, miniaturized, moldering, moldy, moss-grown,
   moth-eaten, musty, not new, old hat, pawed-over, pinched,
   platitudinous, played out, ravaged, ready to drop, reduced,
   resolvent, retrenched, ruined, ruinous, run ragged, run-down,
   rusty, sagging, sapped, scaled-down, secondhand, seedy, separative,
   sere, set, shelfworn, shopworn, shorn, shorter, shrunk, shrunken,
   smaller, solvent, spent, square, stale, stereotyped, stock,
   threadbare, time-scarred, timeworn, tired, tired-eyed, tired-faced,
   tired-looking, tired-winged, toilworn, trite, truistic, unnew,
   unoriginal, unrefreshed, unrestored, used, used up, wan,
   warmed-over, wasted, watered-down, way-weary, wayworn, weak,
   weakened, wearied, weariful, weary, weary-footed, weary-laden,
   weary-looking, weary-winged, weary-worn, well-known, well-worn,
   wilting, worn down, worn ragged, worn thin, worn to rags,
   worn to threads, worn-down, worn-out





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