6 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Warn \Warn\ (w[add]rn), v. t. [OE. wernen, AS. weornan, wyrnan.
Cf. {Warn} to admonish.]
To refuse. [Written also {wern}, {worn}.] [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wear \Wear\, v. t. [imp. {Wore}; p. p. {Worn}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Wearing}. Before the 15th century wear was a weak verb, the
imp. & p. p. being {Weared}.] [OE. weren, werien, AS. werian
to carry, to wear, as arms or clothes; akin to OHG. werien,
weren, to clothe, Goth. wasjan, L. vestis clothing, vestire
to clothe, Gr. ?, Skr. vas. Cf. {Vest}.]
1. To carry or bear upon the person; to bear upon one's self,
as an article of clothing, decoration, warfare, bondage,
etc.; to have appendant to one's body; to have on; as, to
wear a coat; to wear a shackle.
What compass will you wear your farthingale? --Shak.
On her white breast a sparkling cross s?? wore,
Which Jews might kiss, and infidels adore. --Pope.
2. To have or exhibit an appearance of, as an aspect or
manner; to bear; as, she wears a smile on her countenance.
``He wears the rose of youth upon him.'' --Shak.
His innocent gestures wear A meaning half divine.
--Keble.
3. To use up by carrying or having upon one's self; hence, to
consume by use; to waste; to use up; as, to wear clothes
rapidly.
4. To impair, waste, or diminish, by continual attrition,
scraping, percussion, on the like; to consume gradually;
to cause to lower or disappear; to spend.
That wicked wight his days doth wear. --Spenser.
The waters wear the stones. --Job xiv. 19.
5. To cause or make by friction or wasting; as, to wear a
channel; to wear a hole.
6. To form or shape by, or as by, attrition.
Trials wear us into a liking of what, possibly, in
the first essay, displeased us. --Locke.
{To wear away}, to consume; to impair, diminish, or destroy,
by gradual attrition or decay.
{To wear off}, to diminish or remove by attrition or slow
decay; as, to wear off the nap of cloth.
{To wear on or upon}, to wear. [Obs.] ``[I] weared upon my
gay scarlet gites [gowns.]'' --Chaucer.
{To wear out}.
(a) To consume, or render useless, by attrition or decay;
as, to wear out a coat or a book.
(b) To consume tediously. ``To wear out miserable days.''
--Milton.
(c) To harass; to tire. ``[He] shall wear out the saints
of the Most High.'' --Dan vii. 25.
(d) To waste the strength of; as, an old man worn out in
military service.
{To wear the breeches}. See under {Breeches}. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Worn \Worn\,
p. p. of {Wear}.
{Worn land}, land that has become exhausted by tillage, or
which for any reason has lost its fertility.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
worn
See {wear}
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
wear
n 1: impairment resulting from long use; "the tires showed uneven
wear"
2: a covering designed to be worn on a person's body [syn: {clothing},
{article of clothing}, {vesture}]
3: the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment;
"she bought it for everyday wear" [syn: {wearing}]
v 1: be dressed in; "She was wearing yellow that day" [syn: {have
on}]
2: have on one's person; "He wore a red ribbon"; "bear a scar"
[syn: {bear}]
3: have in one's aspect; wear an expression of one's attitude
or personality; "He always wears a smile"
4: deteriorate through use or stress; "The constant friction
wore out the cloth" [syn: {wear off}, {wear out}, {wear
thin}]
5: have or show an appearance of; "wear one's hair in a certain
way"
6: last and be usable; "This dress wore well for almost ten
years" [syn: {hold out}, {endure}]
7: go to pieces; "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears
wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely"
[syn: {break}, {wear out}, {bust}, {fall apart}]
8: exhaust or tire through overuse or great strain or stress;
"We wore ourselves out on this hike" [syn: {tire}, {wear
upon}, {tire out}, {weary}, {jade}, {wear out}, {outwear},
{wear down}, {fag out}, {fag}, {fatigue}] [ant: {refresh}]
9: put clothing on one's body; "What should I wear today?"; "He
put on his best suit for the wedding"; "The princess
donned a long blue dress"; "The queen assumed the stately
robes"; "He got into his jeans" [syn: {put on}, {get into},
{don}, {assume}]
[also: {worn}, {wore}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
worn
adj 1: affected by wear; damaged by long use; "worn threads on the
screw"; "a worn suit"; "the worn pockets on the
jacket" [ant: {unworn}]
2: showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or
suffering; "looking careworn as she bent over her
mending"; "her face was drawn and haggard from
sleeplessness"; "that raddled but still noble face";
"shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face"-
Charles Dickens [syn: {careworn}, {drawn}, {haggard}, {raddled}]