wearing
/ˈweɹɪŋ/ adjective A1- Intended to be worn. · Clothes used to be called wearing apparel.
- Causing tiredness; trying to a person's patience.
- Causing erosion.
- That wears (deteriorate through use), and may eventually wear out.
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“If I had been wearing a handkerchief like yours on my head, rags on my back, and worn-out shoes on my feet, you would not have known me.”
“It’ll be a real satisfaction to see that poor child wearing something decent for once.
“Alice Bell is only sixteen and she is wearing hers up, but I think that’s ridiculous.
ANNE’S homesickness wore off, greatly helped in the wearing by her weekend visits home.
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