wearing

English Online Dictionary. What means wearing‎? What does wearing mean?

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: wĕrʹĭng, IPA^(key): /ˈwɛɹɪŋ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwɛəɹɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɛəɹɪŋ
• Homophones: waring, Waring

Adjective

wearing (comparative more wearing, superlative most wearing)

1. (not comparable) Intended to be worn.

2. Causing tiredness; trying to a person's patience.
3. Causing erosion.
4. That wears (deteriorate through use), and may eventually wear out.

Translations

Noun

wearing (plural wearings)

1. The mechanical process of eroding or grinding.
2. The act by which something is worn.

   formal crown-wearings

3. That which is worn; clothes; garments.

Translations

Verb

wearing

1. present participle and gerund of wear

Derived terms

• hard-wearing

References

• “wearing”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• Gwinear, Wareing, Wiganer, Winegar