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# wear

«wear» in Mova's school dictionary: **to have clothes, shoes, glasses or jewellery on your body** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (wear, wears, wore, worn, wearing); noun (wear — clothes of a kind, or damage from use)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To wear means to have clothes, shoes, glasses or jewellery on your body. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wear/#m1)

2) To wear your hair a way means to have it that way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wear/#m2)

3) To wear out, or wear away, means to become thin, old or broken from use. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wear/#m3)

4) Wear (noun) is clothes of one kind, like «sportswear», or damage from long use. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wear/#m4)

5) To wear can also mean to have a title, name or look, not just clothes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wear/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In school maths: a word of the story; children wearing hats or shirts are counted, those not wearing are the rest. In science: rocks wear away (erosion); shoes wear out. In everyday life and safety: wear a helmet on a bike, wear sunscreen and a hat in the sun, school uniform. Phrases: «wear out», «wear off», «worn out» (very tired), «what to wear».

### examples

- 12 children wear glasses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wear/#x1)
- She wears a new dress. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wear/#x2)
- How many are not wearing hats? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wear/#x3)
- Each player wears 2 socks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wear/#x4)
- Always wear a helmet when you ride your bike. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wear/#x5)
- In Australia kids wear hats at school to stay safe from the sun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wear/#x6)
- My trainers are worn out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wear/#x7)
- The waves wear away the cliffs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wear/#x8)
- He wears the title of the eldest son. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wear/#x9)

### note

Past «wore», past participle «worn». You «wear» clothes but you «carry» a bag; «put on» is the action of dressing, «wear» is having it on. Do not confuse with «where». Maths: splits a group: those not wearing = total − those wearing. «Each wears 2» is a rate.

### In the corpora

- [Burnout means being worn down by too much work and stress for too long, until even small tasks feel huge.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/4-when-work-goes-wrong/15/)
- [Babies wear nappies, which are changed six to ten times a day, and nappy cream stops sore skin.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/19-a-new-baby-in-the-house/16/)
- [Nothing terrible happened; they were just worn out.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/34-when-grown-ups-are-tired-or-worried/4/)
- [Pop and rock concerts are loud and crowded; big festivals run for several days with many stages, and many fans wear earplugs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/11-concerts-orchestras-and-live-gigs/7/)
- [Musicians' earplugs make sound quieter but still clear, and many musicians wear them on stage.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/11-concerts-orchestras-and-live-gigs/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «wear» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wear/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.