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   wear
   Metal lost during handling and contact with other objects.
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   Wear
   The Wear is a river in England. It rises in the Pennines and flows through Durham to the North Sea at Sunderland. It is 96 km long.
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   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 8. [v] - have on one`s person 9. [v] - have or show an appearance of
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   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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   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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   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
   Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition
   
   
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   Wear
   Wear noun Same as Weir .
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/19
   
   
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   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, and, as she turns still farther, her sails fill on the other side; to veer.
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   Wear
   Wear transitive verb [ imperfect Wore ; past participle Worn ; present participle & verbal noun Wearing . Before the 15th century wear was a weak verb, the imperfect & past participle being Weared .] [ Middle English weren , werien , Anglo-Saxon
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    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.; as, a man wears well as an acquaintance. 2. To be wasted, consumed, or diminished, by being used; to suffer injury, loss, or extin ...
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    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 .» Shak. Wear and tear , the loss by wearing, as of machinery in use; the loss or injury to which anything is subjected by use, ac ...
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    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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    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 of a vertical plate or plank, through which water flo ...
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    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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    wear
    noun impairment resulting from long use; `the tires showed uneven wear`
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    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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    Wear
    In materials science, `wear` is the erosion of material from a solid surface by the action of another solid. The study of the processes of wear is part of the discipline of tribology. There are four principal wear processes: #Adhesive wear #Abrasive wear #Corrosive wear #Surface fatigue The definition of wear does not include loss of dimension from plastic deformation, although wear has occurred despite no material removal. This definition also...
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    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. • (n.) A long notch with a horizontal edge, as in th...
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    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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    wear
    
    1. impairment resulting from long use
    2. covering designed to be worn on a person's body
    3. the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment
    
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    Wear
    the attrition or rubbing away of the surface of a material as a result of mechanical action.
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    Wear
    Wear (wēr) , river, c.65 mi (100 km) long, rising in the Pennines in County Durham, NE England, and flowing to the North Sea at Sunderland. Navigable for barges to Durham city, the river waters a rich agricultural area. The lower Wear passes through an industrial region.
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