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wear

 
 
/weər/ verb (past tense wore, past participle worn)

Definition

DRESS [T] to have a piece of clothing, jewellery, etc on your body: I wear jeans a lot of the time. She wears glasses. I don't usually wear make-up for work.
FACE [T] to show a particular emotion on your face: He was wearing a smile/frown.
HAIR [T] to arrange or grow your hair in a particular way: She usually wears her hair in a ponytail.
SPOIL [I, T] to become thin and damaged after being used a lot, or to make this happen: The carpet is already starting to wear in places. He keeps wearing holes in his socks. → See also wear thin
(Definition of wear verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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