<p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>Wore, worn, wearing.</li><li>To carry or have on the body or about the person as a covering, equipment, ornament, or the like: to wear a coat; to wear a saber; to wear a disguise.</li><li>To have or use on the person habitually: to wear a wig.</li><li>To bear or have in one's aspect or appearance: to wear a smile; to wear an air of triumph.</li><li>To cause (garments, linens, etc.) to deteriorate or change by wear: Hard use has worn these gloves.</li><li>To impair, deteriorate, or consume gradually by use or any continued process: Long illness had worn the bloom from her cheeks.</li><li>To waste or diminish gradually by rubbing, scraping, washing, etc.: The waves have worn these rocks.</li><li>To make (a hole, channel, way, etc.) by such action.</li><li>To bring about or cause a specified condition in (a person or thing) by use, deterioration, or gradual change: You'll wear that outfit to rags if you don't take better care of it.</li><li>Years of hard labor had worn him to a shadow.</li><li>To weary; fatigue; exhaust: Toil and care soon wear the spirit.</li><li>To pass (time) gradually or tediously (usually followed by away or out): We wore the afternoon away in arguing.</li><li>Nautical: to bring (a vessel) on another tack by turning until the wind is on the stern.</li><li>British Dialect: to gather and herd (sheep or cattle) to a pen or pasture.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>To undergo gradual impairment, diminution, reduction, etc., from wear, use, attrition, or other causes (often followed by away, down, out, or off).</li><li>To retain shape, color, usefulness, value, etc., under wear, use, or any continued strain: a strong material that will wear; colors that wear well.</li><li>(Of time) to pass, especially slowly or tediously (often followed by on or away): As the day wore on, we had less and less to talk about.</li><li>To have the quality of being easy or difficult to tolerate, especially after a relatively long association: It's hard to get to know him, but he wears well.</li><li>Nautical: (of a vessel) to come round on another tack by turning away from the wind.</li><li>Obsolete: to be commonly worn; to be in fashion.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>The act of wearing; use, as of a garment: articles for winter wear; I've had a lot of wear out of this coat.</li><li>I had to throw away the shirt after only three wears.</li><li>The state of being worn, as on the person.</li><li>Clothing or other articles for wearing; especially when fashionable or appropriate for a particular function (often used in combination): travel wear; sportswear.</li><li>Gradual impairment, wasting, diminution, etc., as from use: The carpet shows wear.</li><li>The quality of resisting deterioration with use; durability.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb Phrase</strong></p><ul><li>Wear out: to diminish slowly or gradually or to diminish in effect; disappear: The drug began to wear off.</li><li>To reduce or impair by long wearing: to wear down the heels of one's shoes.</li><li>To weary; tire: His constant talking wears me down.</li><li>To prevail by persistence; overcome: to wear down the opposition.</li></ul>