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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