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8 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 and raise the water, for the purpose of conducting it to a mill, forming a fish pond, or the like 2. A fence of stakes, brushwood, or the like set in a stream, tideway, or inlet of the sea, for taking fish. 3. A long notch with a horizontal edge, as in the top of a vertical plate or plank, through which water flows, -- used in measuring the quantity of flowing water. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Wear \Wear\, v. i. 1. To endure or suffer use to last under employment; to bear the consequences of use as waste, consumption, or attrition; as a coat wears well or ill; -- hence sometimes applied to character, qualifications, etc.; as a man wears well as an acquaintance. 2. To be wasted, consumed, or diminished, by being used to suffer injury, loss or extinction by use or time; to decay, or be spent, gradually. ``Thus wore out night.'' --Milton. Away I say time wears. --Shak. Thou wilt surely wear away both thou and this people that is with thee. --Ex. xviii. 18. His stock of money began to wear very low --Sir W. Scott. The family . . . wore out in the earlier part of the century. --Beaconsfield. {To wear off}, to pass away by degrees; as the follies of youth wear off with age. {To wear on}, to pass on as time wears on --G. Eliot. {To wear weary}, to become weary, as by wear, long occupation, tedious employment, etc From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Wear \Wear\ (?; 277), n. Same as {Weir}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Wear \Wear\, v. t. [Cf. {Veer}.] (Naut.) To cause to go about as a vessel, by putting the helm up instead of alee as in tacking, so that the vessel's bow is turned away from and her stern is presented to the wind, and as she turns still farther, her sails fill on the other side to veer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Wear \Wear\, v. t. [imp. {Wore}; p. p. {Worn}; 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 ?, Skr. vas. Cf {Vest}.] 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. What compass will you wear your farthingale? --Shak. On her white breast a sparkling cross s?? wore, Which Jews might kiss, and infidels adore. --Pope. 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. His innocent gestures wear A meaning half divine. --Keble. 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. 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. That wicked wight his days doth wear. --Spenser. The waters wear the stones. --Job xiv. 19. 5. To cause or make by friction or wasting; as to wear a channel; to wear a hole. 6. To form or shape by or as by attrition. Trials wear us into a liking of what possibly, in the first essay, displeased us --Locke. {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 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.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Wear \Wear\, n. 1. The act of wearing, or the state of being worn; consumption by use diminution by friction; as the wear of a garment. 2. The thing worn; style of dress; the fashion. Motley 's the only wear. --Shak. {Wear and tear}, the loss by wearing, as of machinery in use the loss or injury to which anything is subjected by use accident, etc From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Wear \Wear\, n. The result of wearing or use consumption, diminution, or impairment due to use friction, or the like as the wear of this coat has been good. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: wear n 1: impairment resulting from long use "the tires showed uneven wear" 2: covering designed to be worn on a person's body [syn: {clothing}, {clothes}, {apparel}, {vesture}, {wearing apparel}] 3: the act of wearing; "she bought it for everyday wear" [syn: {wearing}] v 1: be dressed in "She was wearing yellow that day" [syn: {have on}] 2: have one 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 though 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}]
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