Wear meaning in English

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Definition

to wear: to be dressed in, to be clothed in, to dress verb
To wear is used for anything that you put on your body: clothes, glasses, hats, etc.
to wear glasses to need spectacles because of a vision problem
To talk about "having" something in one's hand, we use to carry:
to carry a bag

This is an irregular verb:
I wear / I wore / I have worn

UK: What are you wearing? You look ridiculous.
US: I had nothing to wear so I borrowed one of your dresses.

Examples

  • "Virtually unbreakable, so should be a worthwhile investment (assuming our workers don't steal them to wear as sunglasses)."
  • "and you never wore clothes, it was scary..."
  • "You should be wearing a gold tutu with ballerina slippers, and a red wig."
  • "Please show up on time and wear loose-fitting clothing."
  • "That is a pretty cool costume you're wearing."
  • "Today I'm wearing a sky blue shirt, so I'll be using expressions related to the sky and the colour blue."
  • "And sometimes I wear a stupid little bow tie."
  • "Susie : To wear this girly stuff?"
  • "I can't decide what to wear: The purple shirt with green stripes, or the orange shirt with silver spots... My meeting with Philip Cheeter is in half an hour."
  • "That every guy is wearing"
  • "Then we'll need an education branch to spread our Western propaganda, I'll probably have to wear some local garb to fit in... possibly a burka or sarong... I do look forward to that... Dammit Edward!"
  • "He was one of the first to use black runway models in his shows, and his "ready to wear" lines of clothing democratized fashion for the masses."
  • "Who to hire, who to fire, who to raise, who to date, what to wear, what to eat!"
  • "But, according to the survey, Wayne thinks that wearing TigerLily makes him look tough."
  • "The world needs to know what's going on in my life: Who I'm dating, what I'm eating, what I'm wearing, which interns are annoying me-"
  • "You haven't been wearing my dresses again, have you?"
  • "Bruno : Don't worry sir, I'm sure we can work this out... Let's see... I think you should definitely wear the purple shirt with green stripes – it matches your ears."
  • "Philip : I am wearing a costume."
  • "Wearing this suit actually makes me feel like a better person."
  • "Harold wears boots and a cowboy hat"

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