wear
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(verb) have or show an appearance of; "wear one's hair in a certain way" |
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Related Words: feature, have |
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(verb) have one one's person; "He wore a red ribbon"; "bear a scar" |
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Synonyms: bear |
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Related Words: feature, have |
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(verb) 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" |
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Synonyms: assume, don, get into, put on |
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Related Words: dress, get dressed, hat, scarf, slip on, try, try on |
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(verb) be dressed in; "She was wearing yellow that day" |
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Synonyms: have on |
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(verb) deteriorate through use or stress; "The constant friction wore out the cloth" |
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Synonyms: wear off, wear out, wear thin |
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Related Words: ablate, degenerate, deteriorate, scuff |
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(noun) the act of wearing; "she bought it for everyday wear" |
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Synonyms: wearing |
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Related Words: act, human action, human activity |
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(verb) last and be usable; "This dress wore well for almost ten years" |
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Synonyms: endure, hold out |
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Related Words: endure, last |
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(verb) have in one's aspect; wear an expression of one's attitude or personality; "He always wears a smile" |
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Related Words: feature, have |
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(noun) impairment resulting from long use; "the tires showed uneven wear" |
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Related Words: deterioration, impairment |
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(verb) go to pieces; "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely" |
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Synonyms: break, bust, fall apart, wear out |
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Related Words: crumble, decay, delapidate, fray, frazzle |
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(verb) exhaust or tire though overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike" |
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Synonyms: fag, fag out, fatigue, jade, outwear, tire, tire out, wear down, wear out, wear upon, weary |
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Related Words: beat, exhaust, indispose, overfatigue, overtire, overweary, tucker, tucker out |
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(noun) covering designed to be worn on a person's body |
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Synonyms: apparel, clothes, clothing, vesture, wearing apparel |
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Related Words: G-string, accessory, accouterment, accoutrement, array, attire, beachwear, black, blue, brace, change, civilian clothing, civilian dress, consumer goods, covering, dress, duds, finery, footwear, gallus, garb, garment, gray, grey, handwear, headdress, headgear, knitwear, leisure wear, neckpiece, nightclothes, nightwear, outerwear, overclothes, protective garment, raiment, regalia, slip-on, slops, street clothes, suspender, sweat suit, sweats, threads, togs, uniform, wardrobe, work-clothes, work-clothing |
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