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1. Producing exhaustion
   "the visit was especially wearing";
   - exhausting, tiring, wearying

1. (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it), also figuratively
   - erosion, eroding, eating away, wearing away, degradation
    
2. The act of having on your person as a covering or adornment
   "she bought it for everyday wearing";
   - wear

1. Be dressed in
   "She was wearing yellow that day";
   - have on
    
2. Have on one's person
   "He wore a red ribbon";
   - bear
    
3. Show an expression of one's attitude or personality
   "He always wears a smile"
    
4. Deteriorate through use or stress
   "The constant friction wore out the cloth";
   - wear off, wear out, wear down, wear thin
    
5. Have or show an appearance of
   "wear one's hair in a certain way"
    
6. Last and be usable
   "This dress wore well for almost ten years";
   - hold out, endure
    
7. Go to pieces
   "The gears wore out";
   - break, wear out, bust [informal], fall apart
    
8. Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
   "We wore ourselves out on this hike";
   - tire, wear upon, tire out, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out [Brit, informal], fag [informal], fatigue, knacker [Brit, informal]
    
9. Put clothing on one's body
   "What should I wear today?";
   - put on, get into, don, assume

Derived forms: wearings

See also: effortful

Type of: act, crumble, decay, deed, deteriorate, dilapidate, dress, endure, feature, geologic process, geological process, get dressed, have, human action, human activity, indispose, last

Encyclopedia: Wearing, Michael