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Meanings of wear in English

Portuguese
roupa
Catalan
indumentària
Spanish
vestuario
Wikidata

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

roupa
Portuguese
desgastar
Catalan
desgastar
Spanish
agotar

Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress.

desgastar
Catalan
trencar-se

Go to pieces.

Related terms
trencar-se
Portuguese
caber
Catalan
portar

Put clothing on one's body.

caber
Usage of wear in English
1
The ready-to-wear clothes industry, New York's major industry, is almost exclusively Jewish.
Hermit in paris: autobiographical writings
2
Wrap dresses are easy to wear and hide all your problem areas.
Ebony
3
She asserts, quite trenchantly, her right to wear trousers on State occasions.
The Irish Times
4
I wish people would wear them from a voluntary basis, she said.
Reuters
5
Ultimately, of course, what you wear on your bike is personal choice.
The Guardian
6
Kwon also asked Daegu citizens to wear masks even indoors if possible.
Radio NZ
7
Models wear the clothes, and therefore, at some level, represent the consumer.
The Guardian
8
I wear one four times a year, for my quarterly checkout tests.
2001. A Space Odyssey
9
One big problem is that riders often don't wear helmets, Breyer said.
Reuters
10
They wear annoying scarfs and talk about podcasts from five years ago.
News.com.au
11
He must wear a electronic bracelet and is subject to strict conditions.
Radio NZ
12
He used to wear his hat in the house; now he doesn't.
The new yorker
13
However, anyone who wants to wear one is allowed to do so.
BBC
14
Clerks who could speak English were given a British flag to wear.
The new yorker
15
And an emerald ring she used to wear.' He raised his hand.
Sovereign
16
Repeatability was tested 30 minutes after lens wear on two consecutive days.
Pubmed