Wearing
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈwɛɹɪŋ/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Wearing is an adjective meaning (not comparable) Intended to be worn.
Meaning
(not comparable) Intended to be worn.
More Meanings
- Causing tiredness; trying to a person's patience.
- Causing erosion.
- That wears (deteriorate through use), and may eventually wear out.
- The mechanical process of eroding or grinding.
- The act by which something is worn.
- That which is worn; clothes; garments.
- present participle and gerund of wear
Example Sentences
formal crown-wearings
Give me my nightly wearing and adieu.
Clothes used to be called wearing apparel.
Comparison of the four bogie designs shows that the Rugby-built A.E.I. bogie has the least number of components and a minimum of metallic wearing surfaces.
Word Forms
- wearings
Synonyms for wearing
Depending on context, synonyms include draining, tiresome, exhaustive, fatiguing, grueling, tiring.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include effortful, erosion, tiring, eroding, wearying, coating.
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