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{
"term": "wear",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "wear",
"heSheIt": "wears"
},
"pastSimple": "wore",
"pastParticiple": "worn",
"ingForm": "wearing"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to have something on your body as a piece of clothing, a decoration, etc.",
"sensetop": "wear something",
"labels": "(North American English also)",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "He was wearing a new suit."
},
{
"text": "to **wear clothes/clothing**"
},
{
"text": "to **wear a shirt/hat/uniform**"
},
{
"text": "to **wear shoes/glasses**"
},
{
"text": "Do I have to wear a tie?"
},
{
"text": "Was she wearing a seat belt?"
},
{
"text": "She never wears make-up."
},
{
"text": "All delegates must wear a badge."
},
{
"text": "She always wears black *(= black clothes)*."
},
{
"text": "I've got nothing to wear."
},
{
"text": "One woman decided to wear flowers in her hair."
},
{
"text": "She wears purple shoes with red polka dots."
},
{
"text": "He had forgotten to wear his gloves."
},
{
"text": "He is entitled to wear the regimental tie."
},
{
"text": "I tend to wear a jacket to work."
},
{
"text": "I will probably choose to wear jeans."
},
{
"text": "She refused to wear prison clothes."
},
{
"text": "They came in, proudly wearing their uniforms."
},
{
"text": "the first time that I had ever dared to wear something like this"
},
{
"text": "Do you have to wear a suit for work?"
},
{
"text": "He wasn't wearing his raincoat, he was carrying it over his arm."
}
],
"topics": ["Clothes and Fashion"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["proudly", "comfortably"],
"verb + wear": ["tend to", "prefer to", "choose to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to have your hair in a particular style; to have a beard or moustache",
"sensetop": "wear something + adj.wear something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She wears her hair long.",
"contextForm": "wear something + adj."
},
{
"text": "Hannah preferred to wear her hair short."
},
{
"text": "to wear a beard",
"contextForm": "wear something"
}
],
"topics": ["Appearance"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to have a particular expression on your face",
"sensetop": "wear something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He wore a puzzled look on his face."
},
{
"text": "His face wore a puzzled look."
},
{
"text": "Both men wore confident smiles."
},
{
"text": "She turned to us, wearing a blank expression."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to become, or make something become thinner, smoother or weaker through continuous use or rubbing",
"sensetop": "wear + adj.wear something + adj.",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The carpets are starting to wear."
},
{
"text": "A racing car's rear end gets very loose as the tyres wear."
},
{
"text": "The sheets have **worn thin**.",
"contextForm": "wear + adj."
},
{
"text": "The stones have been worn smooth by the constant flow of water.",
"contextForm": "wear something + adj."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "to make a hole, path, etc. in something by continuous use or rubbing",
"sensetop": "wear something + adv./prep.",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "I've worn holes in all my socks."
},
{
"text": "The water had worn a channel in the rock."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "to stay in good condition after being used for a long time",
"sensetop": "wear well",
"labels": "(figurative, humorous)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "That carpet is wearing well, isn't it?"
},
{
"text": "You're wearing well—only a few grey hairs!"
},
{
"text": "Those curtains have worn very well."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["badly", "well"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 7,
"definition": "to accept or allow something, especially something that you do not approve of",
"sensetop": "wear something",
"labels": "(British English, informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "It's an interesting proposal, but the rich countries are never going to wear it."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "if you feel that a remark applies to you, you should accept it and take it as a warning or criticism",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to allow your feelings to be seen by other people",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He’s not one to wear his heart on his sleeve."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to begin to become weaker or less acceptable",
"examples": [
{
"text": "These excuses are wearing a little thin *(= because we've heard them so many times before)*."
},
{
"text": "My patience is beginning to wear very thin."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to be the person in a marriage or other relationship who makes most of the decisions",
"labels": "(often disapproving, becoming old-fashioned)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "It’s obvious who wears the trousers in that family!"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/weə(r)/",
"audio": "we/wear/wear__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/weəz/",
"audio": "we/wear/wears__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/wɔː(r)/",
"audio": "wo/wear/wore__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/wɔːn/",
"audio": "wo/wear/worn__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈweərɪŋ/",
"audio": "we/wear/wearing__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/wer/",
"audio": "we/wear/wear__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/werz/",
"audio": "we/wear/wears__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/wɔːr/",
"audio": "wo/wear/wore__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/wɔːrn/",
"audio": "wo/wear/worn__us_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈwerɪŋ/",
"audio": "we/wear/wearing__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English werian, of Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin vestis ‘clothing’."
}