1. Affected by wear; damaged by long use
   "the worn pockets on the jacket"; "worn threads on the screw"; "a worn suit"
    
2. Showing the wearing effects of overwork, care or suffering
   "shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face";
   - careworn, drawn, haggard, raddled

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. Put clothing on one's body
   "What should I wear today?";
   - put on, get into, don, assume
    
5. Have or show an appearance of
   "wear one's hair in a certain way"
    
6. Deteriorate through use or stress
   "The constant friction wore out the cloth"; "His patience was wearing thin after hours of waiting"; "The tire treads wore down after many miles";
   - wear out, wear down, wear thin
    
7. Last and be usable
   "This dress wore well for almost ten years";
   - hold out, endure
    
8. Become damaged, weakened, or useless through use
   "The gears wore out"; "The old shoes finally wore out";
   - wear out
    
9. Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
   "We wore ourselves out on this hike"; "The constant demands of her job wore upon her"; "The long hike wore down even the fittest climbers";
   - tire, wear upon, tire out, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out [Brit, informal], fag [informal], fatigue, knacker [Brit, informal]

Sounds like: weir, we're

See also: aged, attrited, battered, clapped out [Brit, informal], creaky, daggy [Austral, NZ, informal], decrepit, dog-eared, eared, eroded, flea-bitten, frayed, grotty [Brit, informal], mangey, mangy, moth-eaten, mothy, old, played out, raddled, ragged, raggedy [N. Amer], raggy [informal], ratty, run-down, scoured, scruffy, seedy, shabby, shop-soiled [Brit], shopworn [N. Amer], shot [informal], tatterdemalion, tattered, tatty [informal], threadbare, thumbed, tired, vermiculate, waterworn, weather-beaten, weathered, weatherworn, well-worn, woebegone, worm-eaten, wormy, worn-out

Type of: crumble, decay, deteriorate, dilapidate, dress, endure, feature, get dressed, have, have got, hold, indispose, last

Antonym: new

Encyclopedia: Worn