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着る

dress: 外出するときのように上から下まで服を着ること

動作に着目する

put on: 個々の服を着ること

動作に着目する

帽子･リボン･めがね･宝石類･靴などを身につける場合にも用いられる

wear, have on: 着ているという状態を表す場合に用いられる

帽子･リボン･めがね･宝石類･靴などを身につける場合にも用いられる

get dressed: 下着姿･全裸の状態から服を身につける動作を表すくだけた表現

衣服

clothes: 人が着用する個々の衣服(シャツ･スカート･靴下など)の集合をさし, 複数扱い

clothing: 〘ややかたく〙 で, 衣類全般を表したり, しばしば修飾語を伴って特定の種類の衣服をさし, U扱い

dress: Cで上下一体型の婦人服, Uで男女かかわらず特定の型の服装や, 正装を表す語

wear: 通例複合語を作り, 衣料品の種類をさすことが多い.

source: [たまこまーけっとの北白川あんこが制服姿でかわいいGIF画像｜無料GIF画像検索 GIFMAGAZINE 931937]

verb (past wore | wôr | ; past participle worn | wôrn | )

1. with object have on one's body or a part of one's body as clothing, decoration, protection, or for some other purpose:

〈衣服･宝飾品など〉を身につけ(てい)る, 着て, かぶって, はいている;

e.g. he was wearing a dark suit

e.g. both ladies wore a bunch of violets.

habitually have on one's body or be dressed in:

e.g. although she was a widow, she didn't wear black.

exhibit or present (a particular facial expression or appearance):

〈人･顔つきが〉〈態度･表情〉を示している

e.g. they wear a frozen smile on their faces.

with object and complement or adverbial have (one's hair or beard) at a specified length or arranged in a specified style:

(自分の意志で)〈髪の毛･ひげなど〉を生やしておく, いる;〖～ A C〗 A〈髪など〉をC〈状態〉にしておく

e.g. the students wore their hair long.

Nautical (of a ship) fly (a flag).

〈船が〉〈旗〉を翻す

2. with object and adverbial or complement damage, erode, or destroy by friction or use:

(継続使用で)〈人が〉 «…になるまで» 〈衣類･物〉を使い古す, すり減らす «to, into» ; 〖～ A C〗 A〈衣類など〉を使い, 着古してC〈状態〉にする

e.g. the track has been worn down in part to bare rock.

no object, with adverbial or complement undergo damage, erosion, or destruction by friction or use:

(継続使用で)傷む, 摩損する, すり切れる(away, down, out); 〖～ C〗 〈衣服が〉すり減ってC〈状態〉になる

e.g. mountains are wearing down with each passing second.

with object form (a hole, path, etc.) by constant friction or use:

【衣類などに】〈穴〉をあける, 〈溝〉をつける «in»

e.g. the water was forced up through holes it had worn.

no object, with adverbial withstand continued use or life in a specified way:

〖～ well〗 〈衣服･素材などが〉長持ちする, 着用できる, 使える(last); 〈作品などが〉生彩を失わない, 色あせない; ｟おどけて｠ 〈人が〉(歳のわりに)元気である

e.g. a carpet-type finish seems to wear well.

no object (wear on) cause weariness or fatigue to:

wear on A:〈事が〉A〈人〉を(徐々に)疲れさせる, いらだたせる.

e.g. some losses can wear on you.

3. with object literary pass (a period of time) in some activity:

｟書｠ 〈時が〉ゆっくりと経過する(on, away)

e.g. spinning long stories, wearing half the day.

4. with object, usually with negative British informal tolerate; accept:

｟英･くだけて｠ 〖通例否定文･疑問文で〗〈事〉を認める, 許す

e.g. the environmental health people wouldn't wear it.

1. the wearing of something or the state of being worn as clothing:

着ること

e.g. some new tops for wear in the evening.

2. with modifier clothing suitable for a particular purpose or of a particular type:

〖通例複合語で〗(ある目的･種類の)服

e.g. evening wear.

3. damage or deterioration sustained from continuous use:

摩損, 消耗

e.g. you need to make a deduction for wear and tear on all your belongings.

the capacity for withstanding continuous use without damage:

(一定期間にわたる)耐久性, 持ち

e.g. old things were relegated to the bedrooms because there was plenty of wear left in them.

see heart.

be gradually used up or become less convincing or acceptable: his patience was wearing thin | the joke had started to wear thin.

see pants.

overcome someone or something by persistence: they wore down their opponents to win the marathon match.

lose effectiveness or intensity.

(of a period of time) pass, especially slowly or tediously: as the afternoon wore on he began to look unhappy.

1. use or be used until no longer in good condition or working order: wearing out the stair carpet | the type was used again and again until it wore out.

2. (wear someone/something out) exhaust or tire someone or something: an hour of this wandering wore out Lampard's patience.

Old English werian, of Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin vestis ‘clothing’.

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verb (past and past participle wore) with object Sailing

bring (a ship) about by turning its head away from the wind: Shannon gives the order to wear ship.

early 17th century: of unknown origin.