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worn

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worn  (wôrn, wrn)
v.
Past participle of wear.
adj.
1. Affected by wear or use.
2. Impaired or damaged by wear or use: the worn pockets on a jacket.
3. Showing the wearing effects of overwork, care, worry, or suffering.

[Middle English, past participle of weren, to wear; see wear.]

worn
Verb
the past participle of wear
Adjective
1. showing signs of long use or wear: the worn soles of his boots
2. looking tired and ill: that worn pain-creased face
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.wornworn - affected by wear; damaged by long use; "worn threads on the screw"; "a worn suit"; "the worn pockets on the jacket"
old - of long duration; not new; "old tradition"; "old house"; "old wine"; "old country"; "old friendships"; "old money"
new - unaffected by use or exposure; "it looks like new"
2.wornworn - showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering; "looking careworn as she bent over her mending"; "her face was drawn and haggard from sleeplessness"; "that raddled but still noble face"; "shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face"- Charles Dickens
tired - depleted of strength or energy; "tired mothers with crying babies"; "too tired to eat"

worn
adjective 1. ragged, shiny, frayed, shabby, tattered, tatty, threadbare, the worse for wear
adjective 3. exhausted, spent, tired, fatigued, wearied, weary, played-out (informal) worn-out, jaded, tired out
Translations
worn [wɔːn] pp of wear
adjusado

worn [wɔːn] pp of wear
adjusé(e)

worn [wɔːn] pp of wear
adj [carpet] → abgenutzt; [shoe] → abgetragen

worn [wɔːn] pp of wear
adjusato/a

worn wear


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At last I tore my eyes from it for a moment and saw that the hail curtain had worn threadbare, and that the sky was lightening with the promise of the Sun.
They slept in twelve beds all in one room; and when they went to bed, the doors were shut and locked up; but every morning their shoes were found to be quite worn through as if they had been danced in all night; and yet nobody could find out how it happened, or where they had been.
He lived through the reign of Edward's grandson, Richard II, and knew him from the time when as a gallant yellow-haired boy he had faced Wat Tyler and his rioters, till as a worn and broken prisoner he yielded the crown to Henry of Lancaster, the son of John of Gaunt.
 
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