What is another word for wear?
1226 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ wˈe͡ə], [ wˈeə], [ w_ˈeə]
When it comes to describing apparel, the word "wear" is a commonly used term. But why limit ourselves to just one word when there are so many synonyms that can add depth and variety to our language? For instance, we could use "sport," "don," or "adorn" to describe putting on clothes. Conversely, taking clothes off can be described as "unfitting," "stripping," or "disrobing." Worn-out or heavily used clothes can be called "threadbare," "frayed," or "shabby," while "dressed in" or "clothed with" can be used to describe a person's overall outfit. By incorporating synonyms for "wear" into our vocabulary, we can add richness and sometimes even humor to our language.
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Similar words for wear:
- apparel (noun)
- article of clothing (noun)
- assume (noun)
- attrition (noun)
- break (noun)
- bust (noun)
- clothes (noun)
- clothes/clothing (noun)
- clothing (noun)
- corrosion (noun)
- erosion (noun)
- fag out (noun)
- fall apart (noun)
- fatigue (noun)
- get into (noun)
- have on (noun)
- hold out (noun)
- outwear (noun)
- put on (noun)
- rub (noun)
- state (noun)
- tire out (noun)
- use, corrosion (noun)
- wear (noun)
- abrade (verb)
- be clothed in (verb)
- bore (verb)
- bother, undermine (verb)
- chafe (verb)
- clothe (verb)
- corrode, use (verb)
- don (verb)
- drain (verb)
- dress (verb)
- endure (verb)
- fatigue (verb)
- fray (verb)
- get on (verb)
- gnaw (verb)
- hold (verb)
- jade (verb)
- model (verb)
- ruffle (verb)
- stand/stand for (verb)
- tire (verb)
- try on/try out (verb)
- undermine (verb)
- waste (verb)
- wear down (verb)
Synonyms for Wear:
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- get dressed ,
- tired .
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- bear up ,
- grin and bear it ,
- resign yourself (to something) ,
- take the bad with the good ,
- take the rough with the smooth .
- bust .
- full feathers ,
- get ups ,
- get-ups ,
- hand me down ,
- hand me downs ,
- over clothes ,
- over-clothes ,
- overclotheses ,
- sunday bests ,
- tailleurs ,
- toggeries ,
- tout ensembles ,
- under clothes ,
- under-clothes ,
- underclotheses ,
- zoot suit ,
- zoot suits .
- de sedimentation ,
- de sedimentations ,
- de spoliation ,
- de spoliations ,
- de-sedimentation ,
- de-sedimentations ,
- de-spoliation ,
- de-spoliations ,
- desedimentations ,
- eating aways ,
- grinding downs ,
- spoilings ,
- washing aways ,
- wearing downs .
- wear .
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v.
• abrade • be clothed in- array ,
- be dressed in ,
- carry ,
- clothe oneself ,
- cover ,
- display ,
- dress in ,
- effect ,
- harness ,
- show ,
- turn out ,
- wrap .
- am tedious ,
- are tedious ,
- art tedious ,
- being tedious ,
- bend ear ,
- bend one ear ,
- bend ones ear ,
- bended ear ,
- bended one ear ,
- bended one's ear ,
- bended ones ear ,
- bending ear ,
- bending one ear ,
- bending one's ear ,
- bending ones ear ,
- bends ear ,
- bends one ear ,
- bends one's ear ,
- bends ones ear ,
- bent ear ,
- bent one ear ,
- bent one's ear ,
- bent ones ear ,
- dis comfort ,
- dis comforted ,
- dis comforting ,
- dis comforts ,
- dis-comfort ,
- dis-comforted ,
- dis-comforting ,
- dis-comforts ,
- is tedious ,
- put sleep ,
- puts sleep ,
- putting sleep ,
- send sleep ,
- sending sleep ,
- sending to sleep ,
- sends sleep ,
- sends to sleep ,
- sent sleep ,
- talk ear off ,
- talk one ear off ,
- talk ones ear off ,
- talked ear off ,
- talked one ear off ,
- talked one's ear off ,
- talked ones ear off ,
- talking ear off ,
- talking one ear off ,
- talking one's ear off ,
- talking ones ear off ,
- talks ear off ,
- talks one ear off ,
- talks one's ear off ,
- talks ones ear off ,
- turned one off ,
- turning one off ,
- turns one off ,
- was tedious ,
- wast tedious ,
- were tedious ,
- wert tedious .
- annoy ,
- enervate ,
- exasperate ,
- get the better of ,
- harass ,
- pester ,
- reduce ,
- vex ,
- weaken .
- be worthless ,
- become worn ,
- consume ,
- crumble ,
- cut down ,
- deteriorate ,
- fade ,
- go to seed ,
- graze ,
- impair ,
- overwork ,
- scrape off ,
- scuff ,
- tax ,
- wash away ,
- weather .
- bled dry ,
- bleeding dry ,
- bleeds dry ,
- de crease ,
- de creased ,
- de creases ,
- de creasing ,
- de vitalize ,
- de vitalized ,
- de vitalizes ,
- de vitalizing ,
- de-crease ,
- de-creased ,
- de-creases ,
- de-creasing ,
- de-vitalize ,
- de-vitalized ,
- de-vitalizes ,
- de-vitalizing ,
- drank up ,
- draws off ,
- drew off ,
- drinking up ,
- drinks up ,
- drunk up ,
- ex pend ,
- ex pended ,
- ex pending ,
- ex pends ,
- ex-pend ,
- ex-pended ,
- ex-pending ,
- ex-pends ,
- filtered off ,
- filtering off ,
- filters off ,
- freed from ,
- freeing from ,
- gat last drop ,
- gets last drop ,
- getting last drop ,
- got last drop ,
- gotten last drop ,
- gulped down ,
- gulping down ,
- gulps down ,
- re duce ,
- re duces ,
- re-duce ,
- re-duces ,
- uses up ,
- with draw ,
- with drawing ,
- with drawn ,
- with draws ,
- with drew ,
- with-draw ,
- with-drawing ,
- with-drawn ,
- with-drew .
- be deck ,
- be decked ,
- be decking ,
- be decks ,
- be-deck ,
- be-decked ,
- be-decking ,
- be-decks ,
- bundled up ,
- bundles up ,
- fits out ,
- out fitted ,
- out fitting ,
- out-fitted ,
- out-fitting ,
- slip in to ,
- slipped in to ,
- slipped into ,
- slipped on ,
- slipping in to ,
- slipping into ,
- slipping on ,
- slips in to ,
- slips into ,
- slips on ,
- slipt in to ,
- slipt into ,
- slipt on ,
- suiting up ,
- suits up .
- be durable ,
- hold up ,
- last ,
- remain .
- flag .
- became ragged ,
- becomes ragged ,
- becomes threadbare ,
- becoming ragged ,
- becoming threadbare ,
- un ravel ,
- un raveled ,
- un raveling ,
- un ravelled ,
- un ravelling ,
- un ravels ,
- un-ravel ,
- un-raveled ,
- un-raveling ,
- un-ravelled ,
- un-ravelling ,
- un-ravels ,
- wears thin ,
- wore away .
- am case ,
- am effect ,
- am in effect ,
- am the case ,
- am valid ,
- are case ,
- are effect ,
- are force ,
- are in effect ,
- are in force ,
- are the case ,
- are valid ,
- art case ,
- art force ,
- art in effect ,
- art in force ,
- art the case ,
- art valid ,
- be case ,
- be effect ,
- be force ,
- being case ,
- being effect ,
- being force ,
- being in effect ,
- being the case ,
- being valid ,
- had bearing ,
- haddest bearing ,
- hadst bearing ,
- has bearing ,
- hast bearing ,
- hath bearing ,
- having bearing ,
- held good ,
- held true ,
- holding good ,
- holding true ,
- holds good ,
- holds true ,
- is case ,
- is effect ,
- is force ,
- is in effect ,
- is in force ,
- is the case ,
- is valid ,
- remained true ,
- remaining true ,
- remains true ,
- staid staunch ,
- stands up ,
- stayed staunch ,
- staying staunch ,
- stays staunch ,
- was case ,
- was effect ,
- was force ,
- was in effect ,
- was in force ,
- was the case ,
- was valid ,
- wast case ,
- wast effect ,
- wast force ,
- wast in effect ,
- wast in force ,
- wast the case ,
- wast valid ,
- were case ,
- were effect ,
- were force ,
- were in effect ,
- were in force ,
- were the case ,
- were valid ,
- wert case ,
- wert effect ,
- wert force ,
- wert in effect ,
- wert in force ,
- wert the case ,
- wert valid .
- be draggle ,
- be draggled ,
- be draggles ,
- be draggling ,
- be-draggle ,
- be-draggled ,
- be-draggles ,
- be-draggling ,
- bedraggles ,
- conking out ,
- conks out ,
- over tire ,
- over tired ,
- over tires ,
- over tiring ,
- over-tire ,
- over-tired ,
- over-tires ,
- over-tiring ,
- overtires ,
- overtiring .
- Re-present ,
- re present ,
- re presented ,
- re presenting ,
- re presents ,
- re-presented ,
- re-presenting ,
- re-presents ,
- sets example ,
- setting example .
- co wed ,
- co wing ,
- co-wed ,
- co-wing ,
- dis concert ,
- dis concerted ,
- dis concerting ,
- dis concerts ,
- dis quiet ,
- dis quieted ,
- dis quieting ,
- dis quiets ,
- dis-concert ,
- dis-concerted ,
- dis-concerting ,
- dis-concerts ,
- dis-quiet ,
- dis-quieted ,
- dis-quieting ,
- dis-quiets ,
- ex cite ,
- ex cited ,
- ex cites ,
- ex citing ,
- ex-cite ,
- ex-cited ,
- ex-cites ,
- gat to ,
- gotten to ,
- rattle cage ,
- rattle one cage ,
- rattle ones cage ,
- rattled cage ,
- rattled one cage ,
- rattled one's cage ,
- rattled ones cage ,
- rattles cage ,
- rattles one cage ,
- rattles one's cage ,
- rattles ones cage ,
- rattling cage ,
- rattling one cage ,
- rattling one's cage ,
- rattling ones cage ,
- threw in to tizzy ,
- threw into tizzy ,
- throw in to tizzy ,
- throwing in to tizzy ,
- throwing into tizzy ,
- throws in to tizzy ,
- throws into tizzy ,
- un settle ,
- un settled ,
- un settles ,
- un settling ,
- un-settle ,
- un-settled ,
- un-settling .
- all owed ,
- all owing ,
- all-owed ,
- all-owing ,
- lived with ,
- putting with ,
- resigned oneself to ,
- resigned to ,
- resigning oneself to ,
- resigning to ,
- resigns oneself to ,
- resigns to ,
- staid course ,
- staid the course ,
- stay course ,
- stayed course ,
- staying course ,
- staying the course ,
- stays course ,
- stays the course ,
- un derwent ,
- un-derwent ,
- under going ,
- under gone ,
- under went ,
- under-going ,
- under-gone ,
- under-went ,
- with stand ,
- with standing ,
- with stands ,
- with stood ,
- with-stand ,
- with-standing ,
- with-stands .
- de press ,
- de pressed ,
- de presses ,
- de pressing ,
- de-press ,
- de-pressed ,
- de-presses ,
- de-pressing ,
- dis gust ,
- dis gusted ,
- dis gusting ,
- dis gusts ,
- dis hearten ,
- dis heartened ,
- dis heartening ,
- dis heartens ,
- dis please ,
- dis pleased ,
- dis pleases ,
- dis pleasing ,
- dis tress ,
- dis tressed ,
- dis tresses ,
- dis-gust ,
- dis-gusted ,
- dis-gusting ,
- dis-gusts ,
- dis-hearten ,
- dis-heartened ,
- dis-heartening ,
- dis-heartens ,
- dis-please ,
- dis-pleased ,
- dis-pleases ,
- dis-pleasing ,
- dis-tress ,
- dis-tressed ,
- dis-tresses ,
- ennuiing ,
- ex asperate ,
- ex asperates ,
- ex asperating ,
- ex-asperate ,
- ex-asperated ,
- ex-asperates ,
- ex-asperating ,
- goes stale ,
- going stale ,
- growing weary ,
- grows weary ,
- over burden ,
- over burdened ,
- over burdening ,
- over burdens ,
- over strain ,
- over strained ,
- over straining ,
- over strains ,
- over tax ,
- over taxed ,
- over taxes ,
- over taxing ,
- over worked ,
- over working ,
- over works ,
- over-burdened ,
- over-burdening ,
- over-burdens ,
- over-strain ,
- over-strained ,
- over-straining ,
- over-strains ,
- over-tax ,
- over-taxed ,
- over-taxes ,
- over-taxing ,
- over-worked ,
- over-works ,
- went stale .
- gave a try ,
- gave try ,
- give try ,
- gives a try ,
- gives try ,
- giving a try ,
- giving try ,
- had a dry run ,
- had a fitting ,
- had dry run ,
- had fitting ,
- haddest a dry run ,
- haddest a fitting ,
- haddest dry run ,
- haddest fitting ,
- hadst a dry run ,
- hadst a fitting ,
- hadst dry run ,
- hadst fitting ,
- has a dry run ,
- has a fitting ,
- has dry run ,
- has fitting ,
- hast a dry run ,
- hast a fitting ,
- hast dry run ,
- hast fitting ,
- hath a dry run ,
- hath a fitting ,
- hath dry run ,
- hath fitting ,
- have dry run ,
- have fitting ,
- having a dry run ,
- having a fitting ,
- having dry run ,
- having fitting ,
- in spect ,
- in spects ,
- in-spect ,
- in-spects ,
- pro bed ,
- pro-bed ,
- put in to practice ,
- put test ,
- put the test ,
- put to test ,
- puts in to practice ,
- puts into practice ,
- puts test ,
- puts the test ,
- puts to test ,
- puts to the test ,
- putting in to practice ,
- putting into practice ,
- putting test ,
- putting the test ,
- putting to test ,
- putting to the test ,
- tried for size ,
- tries for size ,
- trying for size .
- clip one wings ,
- clip ones wings ,
- clipped one wings ,
- clipped one's wings ,
- clipped ones wings ,
- clipped wings ,
- clipping one wings ,
- clipping one's wings ,
- clipping ones wings ,
- clipping wings ,
- clips one wings ,
- clips one's wings ,
- clips ones wings ,
- clips wings ,
- digged out ,
- digging out ,
- digs out ,
- dug out ,
- ex cavate ,
- ex-cavate ,
- hollowed out ,
- hollowing out ,
- hollows out ,
- knocked bottom out of ,
- knocked the bottom out of ,
- knocking bottom out of ,
- knocking the bottom out of ,
- knocks bottom out of ,
- knocks the bottom out of ,
- poke full holes ,
- poked full holes ,
- poked full of holes ,
- pokes full holes ,
- pokes full of holes ,
- poking full holes ,
- poking full of holes ,
- under cut ,
- under cuts ,
- under cutting ,
- under mined ,
- under mining ,
- under-cut ,
- under-cuts ,
- under-cutting ,
- under-mined ,
- under-mining ,
- whittled away ,
- whittles away ,
- whittling away .
- am no avail ,
- am of no avail ,
- art no avail ,
- art of no avail ,
- be no avail ,
- being no avail ,
- being of no avail ,
- burns up ,
- burnt up ,
- de cline ,
- de clines ,
- de-cline ,
- de-clines ,
- dis appear ,
- dis appeared ,
- dis appearing ,
- dis appears ,
- dis-appear ,
- dis-appeared ,
- dis-appearing ,
- dis-appears ,
- frivoled away ,
- frivoling away ,
- frivolled away ,
- frivolling away ,
- frivols away ,
- gambled away ,
- gambles away ,
- gambling away ,
- go waste ,
- goes to waste ,
- goes waste ,
- going to waste ,
- going waste ,
- is no avail ,
- is of no avail ,
- mis applied ,
- mis applies ,
- mis apply ,
- mis applying ,
- mis employ ,
- mis employed ,
- mis employing ,
- mis employs ,
- mis used ,
- mis using ,
- mis-applied ,
- mis-applies ,
- mis-apply ,
- mis-applying ,
- mis-employ ,
- mis-employed ,
- mis-employing ,
- mis-employs ,
- mis-used ,
- mis-using ,
- misemployed ,
- misemploying ,
- misemploys ,
- pour down drain ,
- poured down drain ,
- poured down the drain ,
- pouring down drain ,
- pouring down the drain ,
- pours down drain ,
- pours down the drain ,
- ran dry ,
- running dry ,
- runs dry ,
- trifled away ,
- trifles away ,
- trifling away ,
- was no avail ,
- was of no avail ,
- wast no avail ,
- wast of no avail ,
- went to waste ,
- went waste ,
- were no avail ,
- were of no avail ,
- wert no avail ,
- wert of no avail .
Other synonyms:
- accessorize ,
- boast ,
- bristle with ,
- change back ,
- cover up ,
- draw on ,
- dress down ,
- dress up ,
- employment ,
- endow with ,
- exhaustion ,
- expenditure ,
- exude ,
- fitting ,
- fling on ,
- grow in ,
- implementation ,
- muffle ,
- occupancy ,
- ooze ,
- outgrow ,
- partake of ,
- possess ,
- pull on ,
- recourse ,
- rig out ,
- robe ,
- roll down ,
- roll up ,
- savor of ,
- seem ,
- sport ,
- team ,
- throw on ,
- truss up ,
- user ,
- wear and tear ,
- wear in .
- Into ,
- application ,
- consumption ,
- erode ,
- exploitation ,
- get up ,
- rate ,
- reuse ,
- tend ,
- usage ,
- wrap up .
- adoption ,
- commitment ,
- corrode ,
- exhibit ,
- fit ,
- manipulation ,
- operation ,
- run-through .
- bite .
- command .
Other relevant words:
- Appareling ,
- Apparelled ,
- Apparelling ,
- Bankrupted ,
- Bankrupting ,
- Bedraggling ,
- CLADS ,
- Catheterized ,
- Catheterizing ,
- Experiencing ,
- FAGS ,
- Fagging ,
- Fuddling ,
- Overstrained ,
- Overstraining ,
- Patted ,
- Patting ,
- Robing ,
- Rubbed ,
- Sanded ,
- Sanding ,
- Torpedoes ,
- appareled ,
- auditioned ,
- auditioning ,
- bankrupts ,
- be in effect ,
- be in force ,
- be the case ,
- be valid ,
- bedraggle ,
- being in force ,
- bleed dry ,
- bore ,
- bundle up ,
- bundling up ,
- bushing ,
- catheterize ,
- catheterizes ,
- chafe ,
- cladding ,
- clip one's wings ,
- clip wings ,
- conk out ,
- conked out ,
- costumed ,
- costuming ,
- dig out ,
- drain ,
- draw off ,
- drawing off ,
- dress ,
- drink up ,
- endure ,
- ennuied ,
- expend ,
- fag ,
- fagged ,
- filter off ,
- fit out ,
- fitted out ,
- fitting out ,
- fray ,
- frazzle ,
- free from ,
- frees from ,
- fuddle ,
- fuddled ,
- fuddles ,
- get last drop ,
- get on ,
- get to ,
- gets to ,
- getting rid of ,
- getting to ,
- give a try ,
- give out ,
- gnaw ,
- go stale ,
- got to ,
- grate ,
- grew weary ,
- grow weary ,
- gulp down ,
- have a dry run ,
- have a fitting ,
- have bearing ,
- hold ,
- hold good ,
- hold true ,
- hollow out ,
- knock bottom out of ,
- knock the bottom out of ,
- live with ,
- living with ,
- model ,
- over-burden ,
- over-wrought ,
- overburdened ,
- overstrain ,
- overstrains ,
- overtax ,
- overtaxed ,
- overtaxes ,
- overtaxing ,
- overtire ,
- overtired ,
- overuse ,
- overuses ,
- overusing ,
- poke full of holes ,
- pump out ,
- pumped out ,
- pumping out ,
- pumps out ,
- put into practice ,
- put to the test ,
- put up with ,
- put with ,
- putting up with ,
- raimented ,
- raimenting ,
- rasp ,
- rattle one's cage ,
- remain true ,
- resign oneself to ,
- resign to ,
- robed ,
- rub off ,
- rubbed off ,
- rubbing ,
- rubbing off ,
- ruffle ,
- sand ,
- sandbag ,
- sandbagged ,
- sandbagging ,
- sandbags ,
- sands ,
- siphoned ,
- siphoning ,
- slather ,
- slathered ,
- slathering ,
- slathers ,
- slip into ,
- slip on ,
- stand ,
- stand for ,
- stand up ,
- standing up ,
- stay staunch ,
- stay the course ,
- stayed the course ,
- stood for ,
- stood up ,
- suck dry ,
- sucked dry ,
- sucking dry ,
- sucks dry ,
- suit up ,
- suited up ,
- throw into tizzy ,
- tire ,
- torpedo ,
- torpedoed ,
- torpedoing ,
- try for size ,
- try on ,
- try out ,
- trying on ,
- tucker ,
- tuckering ,
- tuckers ,
- use up ,
- used up ,
- using up ,
- wear down ,
- wear out ,
- whittle away .
- be tedious ,
- bend one's ear ,
- exhaust ,
- irk ,
- irritates ,
- put to sleep ,
- puts to sleep ,
- putting to sleep ,
- send to sleep ,
- sent to sleep ,
- talk one's ear off ,
- turn one off .
- don .
- corrosion ,
- damage ,
- dilapidation ,
- diminution ,
- disappearance ,
- impairment ,
- inroads of time ,
- loss ,
- loss by friction ,
- result of friction ,
- waste .
- Endured ,
- Lasted ,
- Perdure ,
- Persisted ,
- be left ,
- be long lived ,
- be timeless ,
- carry through ,
- carrying through ,
- enduring ,
- have no end ,
- having no end ,
- hold on ,
- holds on ,
- keep on ,
- live on ,
- lived on ,
- never say die ,
- perduring ,
- ride out ,
- run on ,
- running on ,
- stay on ,
- stays on ,
- stick to ,
- sticks to ,
- stuck to ,
- was left ,
- wear on ,
- wear well ,
- wears well .
- jade .
- became threadbare ,
- become ragged ,
- become threadbare ,
- tatter ,
- tattering ,
- wear away ,
- wear thin ,
- wearing away ,
- wearing thin ,
- wears away ,
- wore thin .
- Emaciating ,
- Misapplied ,
- Misemploy ,
- atrophied ,
- atrophying ,
- be of no avail ,
- burn up ,
- burned up ,
- burning up ,
- emaciate ,
- emaciates ,
- frivol away ,
- gamble away ,
- go to waste ,
- pour down the drain ,
- run dry ,
- trifle away .
- Accoutrements ,
- Draperies ,
- Habits ,
- Liveries ,
- Muftis ,
- Toggery ,
- accoutrement ,
- attrition ,
- brushings ,
- civvies ,
- clothes ,
- clothing ,
- desedimentation ,
- drapery ,
- eating away ,
- erosion ,
- full feather ,
- get-up ,
- grinding down ,
- grindings ,
- hand-me-down ,
- hand-me-downs ,
- livery ,
- mufti ,
- overclothes ,
- raspings ,
- rigging ,
- rub ,
- rubbings ,
- scourings ,
- scrapings ,
- tailleur ,
- tatters ,
- thinnings ,
- threads ,
- tout ensemble ,
- trousseau ,
- trousseaus ,
- trousseaux ,
- underclothes ,
- vesture ,
- vestures ,
- washing away ,
- weed ,
- weeds .
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How to use "Wear" in context?
What is wear? Wear is the cumulative effect of all the physical or chemical agents and experiences that a person has in their lifetime. It is the sum total of all the influences that have an impact on the person. These influences can come from the person themselves, their environment, or other people. Wear is an important part of life, and it affects every person in different ways. It can be positive or negative, but it is always ongoing. There is always something new to wear, and there is always something to replace it. The wear process is never-ending and never-ending.
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Equivalence
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Adjective
worn.
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Adjective
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Reverse Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
dress.
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Verb, non-3rd person singular present
dress.
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Verb, base form
dress.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Proper noun, singular
trades.
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Noun, singular or mass
Carrying.
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Verb, past tense
Looked.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
Carrying.
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Proper noun, singular
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Hyponym for Wear:
n.
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state
deterioration, impairment.
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state
v.
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- Synonyms:
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