wear

/wâr/

intransitive verb

1. To carry or have on one's person as covering, adornment, or protection.
   wearing a jacket; must wear a seat belt.
2. To carry or have habitually on one's person, especially as an aid.
   wears glasses.
3. To display in one's appearance.
   always wears a smile.
4. To bear, carry, or maintain in a particular manner.
   wears her hair long.
5. To fly or display (colors). Used of a ship, jockey, or knight.
6. To damage, diminish, erode, or consume by long or hard use, attrition, or exposure. Often used with away, down, or off.
   rocks worn away by the sea; shoes worn down at the heels.
7. To produce by constant use, attrition, or exposure.
   eventually wore hollows in the stone steps.
8. To bring to a specified condition by long use or attrition.
   wore the clothes to rags; pebbles worn smooth.
9. To fatigue, weary, or exhaust.
   Your incessant criticism has worn my patience.
10. (Nautical) To make (a sailing ship) come about with the wind aft.
11. To last under continual or hard use.
    a fabric that will wear.
12. To last through the passage of time.
    a friendship that wears well.
13. To break down or diminish through use or attrition.
    The rear tires began to wear.
14. To pass gradually or tediously.
    The hours wore on.
15. (Nautical) To come about with stern to windward.