French Meaning of wear

porter

Other French words related to porter

Definitions and Meaning of wear in English

Wordnet

wear (n)

impairment resulting from long use

a covering designed to be worn on a person's body

the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment

Wordnet

wear (v)

be dressed in

have on one's person

have in one's aspect; wear an expression of one's attitude or personality

deteriorate through use or stress

have or show an appearance of

last and be usable

go to pieces

exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress

put clothing on one's body

Webster

wear (n.)

Same as Weir.

The act of wearing, or the state of being worn; consumption by use; diminution by friction; as, the wear of a garment.

The thing worn; style of dress; the fashion.

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.

A fence of stakes, brushwood, or the like, set in a stream, tideway, or inlet of the sea, for taking fish.

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.

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.

Webster

wear (v. t.)

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.

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.

To have or exhibit an appearance of, as an aspect or manner; to bear; as, she wears a smile on her countenance.

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.

To impair, waste, or diminish, by continual attrition, scraping, percussion, on the like; to consume gradually; to cause to lower or disappear; to spend.

To cause or make by friction or wasting; as, to wear a channel; to wear a hole.

To form or shape by, or as by, attrition.

Webster

wear (v. i.)

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.

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.

FAQs About the word wear

porter

impairment resulting from long use, a covering designed to be worn on a person's body, the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment, be dressed i

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