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1.b> i> ; i> ; (, , , .i>); (, , .i>); to wear a suit ; to wear a black dress ; to wear a hat ; to wear the royal crown ; to wear spectacles ; ; to wear a beard [a moustache] [] ; [] i>; to wear a mask ; to wear a sword ; she was wearing a new coat ; do I have to wear a tie? ? was she wearing a seat belt? i> ? he wore glasses ; ; all delegates must wear a badge / ; firemen wearing breathing apparatus , ; some musicians don't like to wear rings when they're playing i> , ; she wears very little makeup / ; although she was a widow, she didn't wear black , i> , / ; usually I wear black, grey, or brown , , / ; she wears her hair long ; ;
2.b> i> i> / (); his face wore a puzzled look / ; wearing an air of expectancy / ; to wear a smile ; the minister wore a confident smile throughout the interview ;
3.b> .i> , .i> ; i> ( i>); a ship wears its colours ;
4.b> (; ), ; to wear the clothes to rags / i> ; you've worn a hole in your sock , ; the carpets are starting to wear / ; the wheel bearings have worn over the years, which is what's causing the noise ; the stones have been worn smooth by the constant flow of water ;
5.b> 1) i> , ; / ; his suit wears well / ; a carpet that seems to wear well , , , / ; a fabric that will wear , / ; this coat will wear for years ; ; this material wears well ;
2) .i> (), (, i>); a friendship that wears well ; , ; the classics wear well ; ; he's worn well / i> ;
6.b> 1) (), ; both warriors, worn by toil and travel, were soon fast asleep ; to wear to death i> , i> ;
2) (), ( i>); your incessant criticism has worn my patience / ;
7.b> .i> .i> 1) , i> (), , ( i>); the day wears towards its close / ; the year was far worn towards winter ;
2) i> () (), (.i> / i>); to wear the day ( .i>); to wear inglorious life ; / ;
8.b> (.i> i>) .i> i> (), i> , i> ; i> / ; the environmental health people wouldn't wear it / ; your mates wouldn't wear it / ; he won't wear that argument ; I'd ask my boss for some time off but I don't think she'd wear it , , , / ;
to wear awayb> 1) (; ); the leather is starting to wear away at the seams ; the steps had been worn away by the feet of thousands of pilgrims / ;
2) (; ); , ; , (, , .i>); letters on the stone worn away by weathering , ; the wind had worn the soil away ; most of the grass had already been worn away by the spectators / ;
3) , i> (), , ( i>); the long winter wore away / ;
4) i> () (), (.i> / i>);
5) (; ), ;
to wear downb> 1) (; ); the heels on these shoes have worn right down ; notice how the tread on this tyre has worn down , ;
2) , , .i> ()i> (; ), ; ; ; , i> ; wind and water slowly wore down the mountain's jagged edges - / ; the track has been worn down in part to bare rock - , ; mountains are wearing down with each passing second / ;
3) (), ; i> ; it was clear he was being worn down by the rumours over his future , i> / ; they wore him down with constant arguments until he changed his mind - , ; her persistence paid off and she eventually wore me down ;
to wear offb> 1) i> (), ; i> ; the effects of the drug will soon wear off / ; / ; the drug wore off / ; / ; the pain will wear off in an hour / ;
2) (; ); ; , , ;
to wear onb> i> (), ( i>); the year wore on ; as the evening wore on, she became more and more nervous , , ; I was feeling more tired as the night wore on , ;
to wear outb> 1) (; ); he wore out two pairs of shoes last year ; my boots are beginning to wear out ; he travels so much he actually wears out suitcases .i> , / ;
2) (), ; the kids have totally worn me out / ; an hour of this wandering wore him out / ; to wear oneself out / , ; , ;
3) (; ); his patience wore / was worn / out i> ;
4) = to wear away 2);
5) (), ; to wear out a storm / ;
6) i> (), ( i>); and so the week wore out, in dull and stupefied despair , ;
7) i> () (), (.i> / i>); to wear out a life of solitude ;
to wear the trousers /b> .i> the pants /b> .i> .i> , (.i> i>); to wear thinb> ) , , i> ; his jeans have worn thin at the knees ; ) i> , i> ; my patience is wearing thin ; ; ) i> ; ; an argument that quickly wore thin , ; excuses that are wearing thin , ; to wear one's heart upon / on / one's sleeveb> .i> heartr> ; to wear out one's welcomeb> i> ; () ; Tom visited the Smiths so often that he wore out his welcome , ; at about midnight, I decided that I had worn out my welcome, so I went home , .
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