Wear vs. Garb
Difference Between Wear and Garb
Wearverb
To carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, etc.
He's wearing some nice pants today.She wore her medals with pride.Please wear your seatbelt.Can you wear makeup and sunscreen at {{the same time?}} He was wearing his lunch after tripping and falling into the buffet.Garbnoun
Fashion, style of dressing oneself up.
Wearverb
To have or carry on one's person habitually, consistently; or, to maintain in a particular fashion or manner.
He wears eyeglasses.She wears her hair in braids.Garbnoun
A type of dress or clothing.
Wearverb
To bear or display in one's aspect or appearance.
She wore a smile all day.He walked out of the courtroom wearing an air of satisfaction.Garbnoun
(figurative) A guise, external appearance.
Wearverb
To overcome one's reluctance and endure a (previously specified) situation.
I know you don't like working with him, but you'll just have to wear it.Garbnoun
(heraldry) A wheat sheaf.
Wearverb
To eat away at, erode, diminish, or consume gradually; to cause a gradual deterioration in; to produce (some change) through attrition, exposure, or constant use.
You're going to wear a hole in the bottom of those shoes.The water has slowly worn a channel into these rocks.Long illness had worn the bloom from her cheeks.Exile had worn the man to a shadow.Garbnoun
A measure of arrows in the Middle Ages.
Wearverb
(intransitive) To undergo gradual deterioration; become impaired; be reduced or consumed gradually due to any continued process, activity, or use.
The tiles were wearing thin due to years of children's feet.Garbverb
(transitive) To dress in garb.
Wearverb
To exhaust, fatigue, expend, or weary.
His neverending criticism has finally worn my patience.Toil and care soon wear the spirit.Our physical advantage allowed us to wear the other team out and win.Garbnoun
clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion;
formal attirebattle dressWearverb
(intransitive) To last or remain durable under hard use or over time; to retain usefulness, value, or desirable qualities under any continued strain or long period of time; sometimes said of a person, regarding the quality of being easy or difficult to tolerate.
Don't worry, this fabric will wear. These pants will last you for years.This color wears so well. I must have washed this sweater a thousand times.I have to say, our friendship has worn pretty well.It's hard to get to know him, but he wears well.Garbverb
provide with clothes or put clothes on;
Parents must feed and dress their childWearverb
(in the phrase "wearing on (someone)") To cause annoyance, irritation, fatigue, or weariness near the point of an exhaustion of patience.
Her high pitched voice is really wearing on me lately.Wearverb
To pass slowly, gradually or tediously.
wear on, wear away.As the years wore on, we seemed to have less and less in common.Wearverb
(nautical) To bring (a sailing vessel) onto the other tack by bringing the wind around the stern (as opposed to tacking when the wind is brought around the bow); to come round on another tack by turning away from the wind. Also written "ware". Past: weared, or wore/worn.
Wearverb
To guard; watch; keep watch, especially from entry or invasion.
Wearverb
To defend; protect.
Wearverb
To ward off; prevent from approaching or entering; drive off; repel.
to wear the wolf from the sheepWearverb
To conduct or guide with care or caution, as into a fold or place of safety.
Wearnoun
(uncountable) (in combination) clothing
footwear; outdoor wear; maternity wearWearnoun
(uncountable) damage to the appearance and/or strength of an item caused by use over time
Wearnoun
(uncountable) fashion
Wearnoun
impairment resulting from long use;
the tires showed uneven wearWearnoun
a covering designed to be worn on a person's body
Wearnoun
the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment;
she bought it for everyday wearWearverb
be dressed in;
She was wearing yellow that dayWearverb
have on one's person;
He wore a red ribbonbear a scarWearverb
have in one's aspect; wear an expression of one's attitude or personality;
He always wears a smileWearverb
deteriorate through use or stress;
The constant friction wore out the clothWearverb
have or show an appearance of;
wear one's hair in a certain wayWearverb
last and be usable;
This dress wore well for almost ten yearsWearverb
go to pieces;
The lawn mower finally brokeThe gears wore outThe old chair finally fell apart completelyWearverb
exhaust or tire through overuse or great strain or stress;
We wore ourselves out on this hikeWearverb
put clothing on one's body;
What should I wear today?He put on his best suit for the weddingThe princess donned a long blue dressThe queen assumed the stately robesHe got into his jeans
