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  • 31wear — [[t]we͟ə(r)[/t]] ♦♦ wears, wearing, wore, worn 1) VERB When you wear something such as clothes, shoes, or jewellery, you have them on your body or on part of your body. [V n] He was wearing a brown uniform... [V …

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  • 32wear — I UK [weə(r)] / US [wer] verb Word forms wear : present tense I/you/we/they wear he/she/it wears present participle wearing past tense wore UK [wɔː(r)] / US [wɔr] past participle worn UK [wɔː(r)n] / US [wɔrn] *** 1) a) [transitive] to have… …

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  • 33wear — 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… …

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  • 34wear out — Synonyms and related words: ablate, abrade, beat, bugger, burden, burn out, crush one, debilitate, do in, do up, enervate, erode, exhaust, fag, fag out, fatigue, flag, flog, fray, frazzle, fret, harass, haunt, haunt the memory, hide, jade, knock… …

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  • 35wear down — Synonyms and related words: ablate, abrade, affect, argue into, beat, bend, bias, bring over, bring round, bring to reason, burn out, captivate, charm, color, con, convince, debilitate, dispose, do in, do up, drain, draw over, enervate, erode,… …

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  • 36wear something down — he wore down her resistance: GRADUALLY OVERCOME, slowly reduce, erode, wear away, exhaust, undermine. → wear …

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  • 37wear thin — Synonyms and related words: bomb, break, cave in, collapse, come apart, come unstuck, conk out, crumble, decline, disintegrate, droop, drop, fade, fail, faint, fall flat, fizzle out, flag, give out, give way, go downhill, go soft, go to pieces,… …

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  • 38wear down — he wore down her resistance Syn: gradually overcome, slowly reduce, erode, wear away, exhaust, undermine …

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  • 39wear — wear1 [wer] vt. wore, worn, wearing [ME weren < OE werian, akin to ON verja, Goth wasjan, to clothe < IE base * wes , to clothe > Sans vastra , L vestis, clothing, vestire, to clothe] 1. a) to have on the body or carry on the person… …

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  • 40Wear Sunscreen — or Sunscreen Speech [ [http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?what=R obid=476994 View Images ] ] are the common names of an essay actually called Advice, like youth, probably just wasted on the young written by Mary Schmich and published in the… …

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