When you wear something, you have it on your body. You can wear clothes, shoes, a hat, gloves, jewellery, make-up, or a pair of glasses. The past tense of wear is wore. The -ed participle is worn.
You can also say that someone is dressed in particular clothes.
However, don't say that someone is 'dressed in' a hat, shoes, gloves, jewellery, make-up, or glasses.
You can use in to mention the clothes, shoes, hat, or gloves someone is wearing. In usually goes immediately after a noun phrase.
You can use in as part of an adverbial phrase.
In is sometimes used to mean 'wearing only'. For example, 'George was in his underpants' means 'George was wearing only his underpants'.
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| Noun | 1. | wear - impairment resulting from long use; "the tires showed uneven wear"deterioration, impairment - a symptom of reduced quality or strength |
| 2. | wear - a covering designed to be worn on a person's bodyaccessory, accouterment, accoutrement - clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing apparel, clothes, wearing apparel, dress - clothing in general; "she was refined in her choice of apparel"; "he always bought his clothes at the same store"; "fastidious about his dress" attire, garb, dress - clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion; "formal attire"; "battle dress" beachwear - clothing to be worn at a beach black - black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning); "the widow wore black" blue - blue clothing; "she was wearing blue" change - a different or fresh set of clothes; "she brought a change in her overnight bag" civilian clothing, civilian dress, civilian garb, plain clothes - ordinary clothing as distinguished from uniforms, work clothes, clerical garb, etc. consumer goods - goods (as food or clothing) intended for direct use or consumption covering - an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it) drag - clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man); "he went to the party dressed in drag"; "the waitresses looked like missionaries in drag" footwear - clothing worn on a person's feet garment - an article of clothing; "garments of the finest silk" knitwear - knitted clothing leisure wear - informal clothing designed to be worn when you are relaxing loungewear - clothing suitable for relaxation man's clothing - clothing that is designed for men to wear neckpiece - an article of apparel worn about the neck outerwear, overclothes - clothing for use outdoors protective garment - clothing that is intended to protect the wearer from injury ready-to-wear - ready-made clothing; "she couldn't find anything in ready-to-wear that she liked" slip-on - an article of clothing (garment or shoe) that is easily slipped on or off slops - cheap clothing (as formerly issued to sailors in Britain) street clothes - ordinary clothing suitable for public appearances (as opposed to costumes or sports apparel or work clothes etc.) tailor-made - custom-made clothing uniform - clothing of distinctive design worn by members of a particular group as a means of identification vestiture - an archaic term for clothing wardrobe - collection of clothing belonging to one person woman's clothing - clothing that is designed for women to wear work-clothes, work-clothing - clothing worn for doing manual labor | |
| 3. | wear - the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment; "she bought it for everyday wear" | |
| Verb | 1. | wear - be dressed in; "She was wearing yellow that day" |
| 2. | wear - have on one's person; "He wore a red ribbon"; "bear a scar" | |
| 3. | wear - have in one's aspect; wear an expression of one's attitude or personality; "He always wears a smile" | |
| 4. | wear - deteriorate through use or stress; "The constant friction wore out the cloth"deteriorate - become worse or disintegrate; "His mind deteriorated" ablate - wear away through erosion or vaporization scuff - get or become scuffed; "These patent leather shoes scuffed" | |
| 5. | wear - have or show an appearance of; "wear one's hair in a certain way" | |
| 6. | wear - last and be usable; "This dress wore well for almost ten years" | |
| 7. | wear - go to pieces; "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely" | |
| 8. | wear - exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike"indispose - cause to feel unwell; "She was indisposed" exhaust, tucker, tucker out, wash up, beat - wear out completely; "This kind of work exhausts me"; "I'm beat"; "He was all washed up after the exam" | |
| 9. | wear - 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"dress, get dressed - put on clothes; "we had to dress quickly"; "dress the patient"; "Can the child dress by herself?" hat - put on or wear a hat; "He was unsuitably hatted" try on, try - put on a garment in order to see whether it fits and looks nice; "Try on this sweater to see how it looks" scarf - wrap in or adorn with a scarf slip on - put on with ease or speed; "slip into something more comfortable after work"; "slip on one's shoes" |