Wearing

Pronunciation

Full definition of wearing

Adjective

1. intended to be worn
• Clothes used to be called wearing apparel
2. causing tiredness
3. causing erosion

Noun

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.
• ShakespeareGive me my nightly wearing and adieu.

Verb

1. Present participle of wear

Derived terms

• hard-wearing (or hardwearing, hard wearing)