Look up: wear

1. wear
   Metal lost during handling and contact with other objects.
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2. wear
   [n] - impairment resulting from long use 2. [n] - the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment 3. [v] - have in one`s aspect 4. [v] - last and be usable 5. [v] - deteriorate through use or stress 6. [v] - be dressed in 7. [v] - put clothing on one`s body...
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3. Wear
   Sailing in a circle to change direction downwind to aviod a gybe. May also mean turning away from the wind, as in veer.
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4. Wear
   Loss of material from a surface by means of relative motion between it and another body. Third bodies i.e. grit
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5. wear
   broad term including all the adverse effects of friction entailing removal of material together with loss of weight and changed dimensions Category: Iron and steel industries
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6. Wear
   Wear noun Same as Weir .
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7. Wear
   Wear transitive verb [ Confer Veer .] (Nautical) To cause to go about, as a vessel, by putting the helm up , instead of alee as in tacking, so that the vessel's bow is turned away from, and her stern is presented to, the wind,...
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8. Wear
   Wear transitive verb [ imperfect Wore ; past participle Worn ; present participle & verbal noun Wearing . Before the 15th century wear was a weak ve...
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9. Wear
   Wear intransitive verb 1. To endure or suffer use; to last under employment; to bear the consequences of use, as waste, consumption, or attrition; as, a coat wears well or ill; - - hence, sometimes applied to character, qualifications, etc....
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10. Wear
    Wear noun 1. The act of wearing, or the state of being worn; consumption by use; diminution by friction; as, the wear of a garment. 2. The thing worn; style of dress; the fashion. « Motley 's the only wear .»...
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11. Wear
    Wear noun The result of wearing or use; consumption, diminution, or impairment due to use, friction, or the like; as, the wear of this coat has been good.
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12. wear
    1. A dam in a river to stop and raise the water, for the purpose of conducting it to a mill, forming a fish pond, or the like. ... 2. A fence of stakes, brushwood, or the like, set in a stream, tideway, or inlet of the sea, for taking fish. ... 3. A long notch with a horizontal edge, as in the top o...
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13. wear
    wearing noun the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment; `she bought it for everyday wear`
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14. wear
    noun impairment resulting from long use; `the tires showed uneven wear`
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15. wear
    get into verb 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`
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16. Wear
    • (n.) The result of wearing or use; consumption, diminution, or impairment due to use, friction, or the like; as, the wear of this coat has been good. • (n.) A dam in a river to stop and raise the water, for the purpose of conducting it to a mill, forming a fish pond, or the like. • ...
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17. wear
    the removal of material from a solid surface as a result of mechanical action exerted by another solid. Wear chiefly occurs as a progressive loss of ... [2 related articles]
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18. Wear
    [journal] Wear is a scientific journal publishing papers on wear and friction. The papers may fall within the subjects of physics, chemistry, material science or mechanical engineering. It is published by Elsevier. ...
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19. Wear
    [disambiguation] Wear is the erosion of material from a solid surface by the action of another material. Wear may also refer to: ...
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20. Wear
    Wear is British slang for to accept.
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21. Wear
    Wear is British slang for to accept.
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22. Wear
    In materials science, wear is erosion or sideways displacement of material from its "derivative" and original position on a solid surface performed by the action of another surface. Wear is related to interactions between surfaces and more specifically the removal and deformation of material on a s...
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23. Wear
    HMS Wear was a British River Class frigate of 1460 tons displacement launched in 1942. HMS Wear was powered by two Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 20 knots. She carried a complement of 140 and was armed with two 4-inch dual-purpose guns; ten 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and one Hedgehog multiple spigot mortar.
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24. wear
    
    • impairment resulting from long use
    • covering designed to be worn on a person's body
    • the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment
    
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25. Wear
    the attrition or rubbing away of the surface of a material as a result of mechanical action.
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