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wore (wôr, w

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v.

Past tense of wear.

wore

Verb

the past tense of wear

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wore wear

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played out
protective garment
To wear off
wear
wear down
wear off

wear out
wear thin
well-worn
worn
worn-out

Around her head she wore a hoop of flame-red poppies.

A Connecticut Yankee by Twain, Mark View in context

In summer time the men went entirely naked; in the winter and in bad weather the men wore a small robe, reaching to the middle of the thigh, made of the skins of animals, or of the wool of the mountain sheep.

Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context

It was in eighteen-eighty-five, and she wore a bustle.

Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context

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