Definition
to wear: to be dressed in, to be clothed in, to dress
To wear is used for anything that you put on your body: clothes, glasses, hats, etc.
to wear glasses to need spectacles because of a vision problem
To talk about "having" something in one's hand, we use to carry:
to carry a bag
This is an irregular verb:
I wear / I wore / I have worn
Pronunciation examples
UK: What are you wearing? You look ridiculous.
US: I had nothing to wear so I borrowed one of your dresses.
- "I want to wear something bright today, something loud…"
- "Bruno : Don't worry sir, I'm sure we can work this out... Let's see... I think you should definitely wear the purple shirt with green stripes – it matches your ears."
- "I can't wear curls."
- "He was one of the first to use black runway models in his shows, and his "ready to wear" lines of clothing democratized fashion for the masses."
- "Wearing this suit actually makes me feel like a better person."
- "Patrice is a celebrated figure whose legacy includes popularizing the "ready to wear" style of clothing, as well as imbuing traditionally masculine clothing with a female sensibility."
- "Who to hire, who to fire, who to raise, who to date, what to wear, what to eat!"
- "-I should wear that, right?"
- "I can't decide what to wear: The purple shirt with green stripes, or the orange shirt with silver spots... My meeting with Philip Cheeter is in half an hour."
- "You haven't been wearing my dresses again, have you?"
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