worest

Verb

wear (third-person singular simple present wears, present participle wearing, simple past wore or (obsolete) ware, past participle worn or (now colloquial and nonstandard) wore or (obsolete) worne)

1. (transitive) To carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, perfume, etc.
   • He's wearing some nice pants today.
2. (transitive) To have or carry on one's person habitually, consistently; or, to maintain in a particular fashion or manner.
   • He wears eyeglasses.
3. (transitive) To bear or display in one's aspect or appearance.
   • She wore a smile all day.
4. To eat away at, erode, diminish, or consume gradually; to cause a gradual deterioration in; to produce (some change) through attrition, exposure, or constant use.
   • You're going to wear a hole in the bottom of those shoes.
5. (copulative, intransitive) To undergo gradual deterioration; become impaired; be reduced or consumed gradually due to any continued process, activity, or use.
   • The tiles were wearing thin due to years of children's feet.
6. To exhaust, fatigue, expend, or weary.
   • His neverending criticism has finally worn my patience.

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