Wear

n. clothing of a particular kind (i.e. sportswear, eveningwear); erosion, corrosion; effect of using, gradual impairment and wasting from use; resistance against wearing out

v. be dressed in (clothes, shoes, jewelry, glasses, etc.); lose quality gradually; be used up; end; be preserved, remain intact

In materials science, wear is the erosion of material from a solid surface by the action of another solid. The study of the processes of wear is part of the discipline of tribology. There are four principal wear processes:Adhesive wearAbrasive wearCorrosive wearSurface fatigueThe definition of wear does not include loss of dimension from plastic deformation, although wear has occurred despite no material removal. Also this definition fails to include impact wear where there is no sliding motion or cavitation (also corrosion) where counterbody is a fluid.. Wear can possibly be better defined as a process in which interaction of surface(s) or bounding face(s) of a solid with the working environment results in the dimensional loss of the solid, with or without loss of material. Wear environment includes loads(types include unidirectional sliding,reciprocating, rolling, impact),speed, temperatures, counterbodies(solid, liquid, gas), types of contact (single phase or multiphase in which phases involved can be liquid plus solid particles plus gas bubbles) . In standard wear test (e.g., those formulated by respective subcommittees under ASTM Committee G-2) results, the loss of material during wear is expressed in terms of volume. The volume loss gives a truer picture than weight loss particularly when comparing wear resistance properties of materials with large variations in density. For example, weight loss of WC+Co (density = 14 g/cc) as 14 g and that of Al alloy (density = 2.7 g/cc) as 2.7 g shall result in same wear in terms of volume loss of 1 cc. For engineering components the working life is over when the dimensional losses exceed the specified tolerance limits.
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WEAR is the ABC affiliate for the Pensacola, Florida, Mobile, Alabama, and Fort Walton Beach, Florida viewing area. It is one of two major commercial stations in the market that is licensed on the Florida side of the market, the other being sister station WFGX, a My Network TV affiliate. WEAR is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group.
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Noun
1. impairment resulting from long use; "the tires showed uneven wear"
(hypernym) deterioration, impairment
(derivation) break, wear out, bust, fall apart
2. a covering designed to be worn on a person's body
(synonym) clothing, article of clothing, vesture
(hypernym) covering
(hyponym) accessory, accoutrement, accouterment
(derivation) bear
3. the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment; "she bought it for everyday wear"
(synonym) wearing
(hypernym) act, human action, human activity
(derivation) bear
Verb
1. be dressed in; "She was wearing yellow that day"
(synonym) have on
(entail) dress, get dressed
(derivation) clothing, article of clothing, vesture
2. have on one's person; "He wore a red ribbon"; "bear a scar"
(synonym) bear
(hypernym) have, feature
(derivation) clothing, article of clothing, vesture
3. have in one's aspect; wear an expression of one's attitude or personality; "He always wears a smile"
(hypernym) have, feature
4. deteriorate through use or stress; "The constant friction wore out the cloth"
(synonym) wear off, wear out, wear thin
(hypernym) deteriorate
(hyponym) ablate
5. have or show an appearance of; "wear one's hair in a certain way"
(hypernym) have, feature
6. last and be usable; "This dress wore well for almost ten years"
(synonym) hold out, endure
(hypernym) last, endure
7. go to pieces; "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely"
(synonym) break, wear out, bust, fall apart
(hypernym) decay, crumble, delapidate
(hyponym) fray, frazzle
(see-also) wear away, wear off
(verb-group) break, bust
8. exhaust or tire through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike"
(synonym) tire, wear upon, tire out, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue
(hypernym) indispose
(hyponym) exhaust, wash up, beat, tucker, tucker out
(cause) tire, pall, weary, fatigue, jade
9. put clothing on one's body; "What should I wear today?"; "He put on his best suit for the wedding"; "The princess donned a long blue dress"; "The queen assumed the stately robes"; "He got into his jeans"
(synonym) put on, get into, don, assume
(hypernym) dress, get dressed
(hyponym) hat
(derivation) clothing, article of clothing, vesture

(v. t.)
To use up by carrying or having upon one's self; hence, to consume by use; to waste; to use up; as, to wear clothes rapidly.
  

(v. t.)
To impair, waste, or diminish, by continual attrition, scraping, percussion, on the like; to consume gradually; to cause to lower or disappear; to spend.
  

(v. t.)
To have or exhibit an appearance of, as an aspect or manner; to bear; as, she wears a smile on her countenance.
  

(v. t.)
To form or shape by, or as by, attrition.
  

(v. t.)
To cause to go about, as a vessel, by putting the helm up, instead of alee as in tacking, so that the vessel's bow is turned away from, and her stern is presented to, the wind, and, as she turns still farther, her sails fill on the other side; to veer.
  

(v. t.)
To cause or make by friction or wasting; as, to wear a channel; to wear a hole.
  

(v. t.)
To carry or bear upon the person; to bear upon one's self, as an article of clothing, decoration, warfare, bondage, etc.; to have appendant to one's body; to have on; as, to wear a coat; to wear a shackle.
  

(v. i.)
To endure or suffer use; to last under employment; to bear the consequences of use, as waste, consumption, or attrition; as, a coat wears well or ill; -- hence, sometimes applied to character, qualifications, etc.; as, a man wears well as an acquaintance.
  

(v. i.)
To be wasted, consumed, or diminished, by being used; to suffer injury, loss, or extinction by use or time; to decay, or be spent, gradually.
  

(n.)
The thing worn; style of dress; the fashion.
  

(n.)
The act of wearing, or the state of being worn; consumption by use; diminution by friction; as, the wear of a garment.
  

(n.)
Same as Weir.
  

(n.)
A long notch with a horizontal edge, as in the top of a vertical plate or plank, through which water flows, -- used in measuring the quantity of flowing water.
  

(n.)
A fence of stakes, brushwood, or the like, set in a stream, tideway, or inlet of the sea, for taking fish.
  

(n.)
A dam in a river to stop and raise the water, for the purpose of conducting it to a mill, forming a fish pond, or the like.
  

dao4 xi3 xiang1 ying2
Wearing shoes back to front to welcome a guest.
Describing a person who is eager to welcome a guest.

chuan1 xiao3 xie2
Wearing small shoes.
To understand someone else's situation. To walk in someone else's shoes. Compare with 取而代之 (qu3 er2 dai4 zhi1) and 推己及人 (tui1 ji3 ji2 ren2).