🧥 To have on 😩 To tire ⏳ To become damaged 👕 Clothing type 🛠️ Damage from use 😊 To show (face)

to wear

42 3.2

Show an expression on your face, like a smile or frown

verb
/wɛr/

: llevar

She decided to wear a smile to cheer up her friends during the tough times.
wear long hair
wear a beard
wear a tattoo

Edison seemed to wear failure as a badge of courage.

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Examples

And yeah, you do wear your heart and your sleeve a little bit.
For a May 2009 cover of Rolling Stone, Gaga wore an outfit made of plastic bubbles.

Academic text (2013)
And so we have to kind of wear that hat with a little more pride.
OK, so you wear it like that.
And it's not the shirt, it's not how you wear your hair.

Andrew Huberman
In time you will wear it lightly enough.

Spartacus (1960)
The next thing that can make you look older is when you wear mainly neutrals.

Justine Leconte officiel
He was that self he had long since taught himself to wear in the world's eye.
Edison seemed to wear failure as a badge of courage.

YaleCourses
Abruptly changing the subject, she asked, "What are you wearing to Dalmar's ball this evening?"

Fiction book (1990)

Antonyms

to hide

∞ 1.0

To keep something so others cannot see or understand it

to mask

89 3.7

To cover part of something to hide or protect it

Idioms

worse for wear

12 6.8

Looking or feeling tired and in poor condition after use

to wear the trousers

6 7.9

To be the person who has the most control in a couple or family

to wear out your welcome

Informal

2 7.0

To stay too long as a guest so the host wants you to leave

if the shoe fits, wear it

Informal

2 8.7

Accept a criticism if it applies to you

to wear too many hats

Informal

1 6.3

To have more jobs and duties than you can handle

to wear out one's welcome

Informal

1 7.0

Stay too long and make people feel annoyed

to wear one's heart on one's sleeve

Informal

7.0

To show your feelings openly so other people can see them

Phrasal Verbs

to wear off

106 4.0

An effect or feeling that becomes less strong and then stops

to wear out

65 2.7

To make a person very tired or a thing stop working by using it too much

to wear down

62 4.1

Slowly make a person or thing weaker by repeated pressure

to wear out

47 2.3

To get damaged or stop working after long use

to wear on

30 4.9

Time passes slowly and feels long

to wear a helmet

28 1.5

To put on a strong hat to protect your head

to wear thin

Informal

21 6.2

Lose people's trust or patience over time

to wear sunscreen

8 2.6

To put sunscreen on your skin to protect it from the sun

to wear thongs

Australian

8 7.9

To put on flip-flop sandals that people wear in Australia

to wear a disguise

6 3.9

To put on clothes or a mask to hide who you are

to wear away

6 3.8

To slowly remove material by rubbing or long use

to wear off

4 4.2

Become faded or damaged from use

to wear thin

2 5.6

Become thin or damaged from use, like a carpet

to wear black

1 2.1

Dress in black clothes to show you are sad after someone dies

to wear upon

1 7.0

Make someone tired over time from too much work or stress

to wear round

Specialized

9.9

To turn the front of a boat away from the wind so it blows from the other side

to wear ship

Specialized

9.9

Turn a sailing boat away from the wind by moving the back through the wind, not the front

Compounds

wear and tear

20 3.0

Slow damage that happens to things like cars or furniture from normal use over time

ready-to-wear

6 3.5

Clothes made in standard sizes that are sold in stores

athletic wear

1 2.7

Clothes people wear for sports or exercise and often for comfort

wash-and-wear

1 3.9

Cloth that does not need ironing after it is washed

leisure wear

1 3.2

Comfortable casual clothes worn when relaxing or during free time

hand wear

1 2.7

Items like gloves or mittens you put on your hands for warmth, protection, and style

wash-and-wear

1 3.5

A fabric you can wash and wear without ironing

ready-to-wear

3.9

Made in standard sizes and sold in stores instead of being made for one person

How Expressive

to radiate

25 4.0

to wear

42 3.2

to show

∞ 1.0

to suggest

∞ 2.1

Surface Forms

wear infinitive

wearing present participle

wears third person singular

wore past

worn past participle

Etymology

To wear an expression, like a smile, comes from the same idea of 'carrying' something on you, so to wear a look is to 'carry' that feeling on your face.