To wear means to clothe, or be covered by. You wear suits to interviews and sweats to the gym.

WEAR meaning: 1. to have a piece of clothing, jewellery, etc on your body: 2. to show a particular emotion on…. Learn more.

1. a. To last under continual or hard use: a fabric that will wear. b. To last through the passage of time: a friendship that wears well. 2. To break down or diminish through use or attrition: The rear tires began to wear. 3. To pass gradually or tediously: The hours wore on.

Wear is the amount or type of use that something has over a period of time. You'll get more wear out of a hat if you choose one in a neutral colour. Rugs in the bedrooms got much less wear.

Verb wear (third-person singular simple present wears, present participle wearing, simple past wore or (obsolete) ware, past participle worn or (now colloquial and nonstandard) wore or (obsolete) worne) (transitive) To have on: To carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, perfume, etc.

The meaning of WEAR is to bear or have on the person. How to use wear in a sentence.

Definition of wear verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

The teacher was wearing a frown/smile. I guess I wear my heart on my sleeve. [=show my emotions in an obvious way]