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worn [wɔːn] vb the past participle of wear adj
1. affected, esp adversely, by long use or action a worn suit 2. haggard; drawn 3. exhausted; spent wornness n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
worn adjective 1. ragged, shiny, frayed, shabby, tattered, tatty, threadbare, the worse for wear an elderly man in well-cut but worn clothes Translations worn [wɔːn] 1. pp of wear 2. adj (carpet, tyre) → consumato/a, logoro/a; (person) → stanco/a, sfinito/a worn [wɔːn] 1. pp of wear 2. adj (carpet, tyre) → consumato/a, logoro/a; (person) → stanco/a, sfinito/a worn → رَثَّ obnošený slidt abgetragen φθαρμένος raído kulunut usé nošen consumato 使い古した 낡은 versleten slitt zniszczony usado изношенный sliten ซึ่งใช้จนเก่า eskimiş hao mòn 用旧的 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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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