Wear

  • 61wear — tv. to tolerate something. (Usually negative.) □ That’s no good. I won’t wear it. □ I don’t mind, but my wife won’t wear it …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 62Wear — noun A river in the county of Tyne and Wear in north east England. The city of Sunderland is found upon its banks …

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  • 63wear — 1. verb /wɛə,wɛr/ a) To carry or have equipped on or about ones body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, etc. Hes wearing some nice pants today. b) To have or carry on ones person habitually, consist …

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  • 64wear on — phr verb Wear on is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑afternoon, ↑century, ↑evening, ↑morning, ↑night …

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  • 65Wear — 1. accept, tolerate, or be convinced by: He told me a lie but I wouldn t wear it ; 2. take as a blow: You wore that hockey stick right across the face …

    Dictionary of Australian slang

  • 66wear — [OE] Wear goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *wazjan, of whose other descendants only the Icelandic past participle varinn ‘clad’ survives. This was formed from the base *was , which in turn was descended from Indo European *wes , source of… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 67wear on — anger or annoy, tire His constant complaining is beginning to wear on my nerves …

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  • 68wear on — (of time) pass slowly or tediously. → wear …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 69Wear — Sp Viras Ap Wear L u. Jungtinėje Karalystėje (Anglijoje) …

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  • 70Wear — /wɪə/ (say wear) noun a river in north eastern England, flowing into the North Sea at Sunderland. 105 km …