wear

For the verb: "to wear"

Simple Past:	wore
Past Participle:	worn

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
wear1

▶verb (past wore; past part. worn /wɔːn/)

• 1 have (something) on one's body or a part of one's body as clothing, decoration, or protection.

• 2 exhibit or present (a particular facial expression or appearance).

• 3 undergo or cause to undergo damage or destruction by friction or use.

  ■ form (a hole, path, etc.) in this way.

• 4 withstand continued use to a specified degree: the fabric wears well wash after wash.

• 5 (wear off) lose effectiveness or intensity.

• 6 (wear someone/thing down) overcome someone or something by persistence.

• 7 (wear someone/thing out) exhaust someone or something.

  ■ (as adj. wearing) mentally or physically tiring.

• 8 Brit. informal tolerate or accept.

• 9 (wear on) (of time) pass slowly or tediously.

• 10 (of a ship) fly (a flag).

▶noun

• 1 the action of wearing or the state of being worn.

• 2 clothing suitable for a particular purpose or of a particular type: evening wear.

• 3 damage sustained from continuous use.

  ■ the capacity for withstanding such damage.

– phrases
wear thin gradually dwindle or be used up.

– derivatives
wearability noun,
wearable adjective,
wearer noun,
wearingly adverb.

– origin OE werian, of Gmc origin.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
wear2

▶verb (past and past part. wore) Sailing bring (a ship) about by turning its head away from the wind.

– origin C17: of unknown origin.