adj
Meaning 1
Intended to be worn.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- Clothes used to be called wearing apparel.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
wearing
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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General-American: wĕrʹĭng
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General-American: /ˈwɛɹɪŋ/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈwɛəɹɪŋ/
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rhymes with -ɛəɹɪŋ
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homophone: waring
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homophone: Waring
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CMU ARPABET: W EH1 R IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Causing tiredness; trying to a person's patience.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: draining, tiresome, exhausting, exhaustive, fatiguing, grueling, tiring, weariful, wearing, wearisome, weary
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Causing erosion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
That wears (deteriorate through use), and may eventually wear out.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 5
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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noun
Meaning 6
The mechanical process of eroding or grinding.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 7
The act by which something is worn.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- formal crown-wearings
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noun
Meaning 8
That which is worn; clothes; garments.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 9
present participle and gerund of wear
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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adjective satellite
Meaning 10
producing exhaustion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an exhausting march
- the visit was especially wearing
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: exhausting, tiring, wearying
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 11
the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- she bought it for everyday wear
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: wear
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: act, deed, human action, human activity
noun
Meaning 12
(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: erosion, eroding, eating away, wearing away
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: geological process, geologic process
Narrower terms: chatter mark, ablation, abrasion, attrition, corrasion, detrition, beach erosion, deflation, planation, soil erosion
History
Etymology
Variant of Waring.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- German: Tragen — intended to be worn
- Italian: indossare — intended to be worn
- Ukrainian: носіння одягу (nosinnja odjahu) — intended to be worn
- Bulgarian: уморителен (umoritelen) — causing tiredness
- Bulgarian: изтощителен (iztoštitelen) — causing tiredness
- Finnish: kuluttava — causing tiredness
- Finnish: uuvuttava — causing tiredness
- Finnish: väsyttävä — causing tiredness
- Japanese: 疲れる (tsukareru) — causing tiredness
- Māori: whakahōhā — causing tiredness
- Ukrainian: стомливий (stomlyvyj) — causing tiredness
- Finnish: kuluttava — causing erosion
- Finnish: kuluminen — process of eroding or grinding
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