Wear

  • 51wear — See: IF THE SHOE FITS WEAR IT, WASH AND WEAR, WORSE FOR WEAR …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 52Wear — Der Wear in Durham Der Wear ist ein Fluss im Nordosten Englands. Er entspringt nahe Wearhead in der Gemeinde Stanhope in den Pennines in der Grafschaft County Durham, fließt weiter ostwärts durch ein Wearedale genanntes Tal durch die Stadt Durham …

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  • 53wear on — Synonyms and related words: be infinitely repetitive, be tedious, beat, burn out, crawl, creep, debilitate, do in, do up, drag, drag along, drag on, enervate, exhaust, fag, fag out, fatigue, flag, frazzle, glut, go on, go on forever, harass, irk …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 54wear — See: if the shoe fits, wear it, wash and wear, worse for wear …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 55wear — I. v. a. 1. Carry (upon the person), bear, have on. 2. Bear, have an appearance of, exhibit in appearance. 3. Use up by having upon one. 4. Impair (by use), waste, consume by use, use up, wear away, wear out. 5. Impair, waste, diminish, consume… …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 56wear — v 1. dress in, don, put on, slip into or on, get into, step into; display, show off, parade, flaunt, flourish, Inf. sport; bear, carry, exhibit, show, manifest, evince, reveal; assume, adopt. 2. impair, deteriorate, degenerate, worsen, canker,… …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 57wear on — phrasal verb Word forms wear on : present tense I/you/we/they wear on he/she/it wears on present participle wearing on past tense wore on past participle worn on 1) [intransitive] if time wears on, it passes My headache grew worse as the evening… …

    English dictionary

  • 58Wear — Weir Weir (w[=e]r), 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. [root]142. Cf. {Garret}.] 1. A dam in a river to stop …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 59Wear — Recorded as Wer, Werre, Wear and Weare, this is a surname of early Celtic or pre 8th century Anglo Saxon origins. It has several possible sources, all in a sense residential. Firstly it may describe someone who lived by the northern English river …

    Surnames reference

  • 60wear — The progressive loss of substance from the operating surface of a body occurring as a result of relative motion at the surface; rubbing away. See heel and toe wear tire wear …

    Dictionary of automotive terms