Use vs. Wear

Usenoun

The act of using.

Usenoun

Usefulness, benefit.

Usenoun

A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.

Usenoun

Occasion or need to employ; necessity.

Usenoun

Interest for lent money; premium paid for the use of something; usury.

Usenoun

(archaic) Continued or repeated practice; usage; habit.

Usenoun

(obsolete) Common occurrence; ordinary experience.

Usenoun

(religion) The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese.

Usenoun

(forging) A slab of iron welded to the side of a forging, such as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.

Useverb

To utilize or employ.

Useverb

(transitive) To employ; to apply; to utilize.

Useverb

To expend; to consume by employing.

Useverb

(transitive) To exploit.

Useverb

(transitive) To consume (alcohol, drugs, etc), especially regularly.

Useverb

(intransitive) To consume a previously specified substance, especially a drug to which one is addicted.

Useverb

To benefit from; to be able to employ or stand.

Useverb

To accustom; to habituate. Now common only in participial form. Note: This usage uses the nounal pronunciation of the word rather than the typically verbal one.

Useverb

To become accustomed, to accustom oneself.

Useverb

To habitually do; to be wont to do.

Useverb

To habitually employ; to be wont to employ.

Useverb

To habitually do. See used to.

Useverb

(dated) To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.

Useverb

To behave, act, comport oneself.

Usenoun

The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to some purpose; as, the use of a pen in writing; his machines are in general use.

Usenoun

Occasion or need to employ; necessity; as, to have no further use for a book.

Usenoun

Yielding of service; advantage derived; capability of being used; usefulness; utility.

Usenoun

Continued or repeated practice; customary employment; usage; custom; manner; habit.

Usenoun

Common occurrence; ordinary experience.

Usenoun

The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese; as, the Sarum, or Canterbury, use; the Hereford use; the York use; the Roman use; etc.

Usenoun

The premium paid for the possession and employment of borrowed money; interest; usury.

Usenoun

The benefit or profit of lands and tenements. Use imports a trust and confidence reposed in a man for the holding of lands. He to whose use or benefit the trust is intended shall enjoy the profits. An estate is granted and limited to A for the use of B.

Usenoun

A stab of iron welded to the side of a forging, as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.

Useverb

To make use of; to convert to one's service; to avail one's self of; to employ; to put a purpose; as, to use a plow; to use a chair; to use time; to use flour for food; to use water for irrigation.

Useverb

To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat; as, to use a beast cruelly.

Useverb

To practice customarily; to make a practice of; as, to use diligence in business.

Useverb

To accustom; to habituate; to render familiar by practice; to inure; - employed chiefly in the passive participle; as, men used to cold and hunger; soldiers used to hardships and danger.

Useverb

To be wont or accustomed; to be in the habit or practice; as, he used to ride daily; - now disused in the present tense, perhaps because of the similarity in sound, between "use to," and "used to."

Useverb

To be accustomed to go; to frequent; to inhabit; to dwell; - sometimes followed by of.

Usenoun

the act of using;

Usenoun

a particular service;

Usenoun

what something is used for;

Usenoun

(economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing;

Usenoun

a pattern of behavior acquired through frequent repetition;

Usenoun

(law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property;

Usenoun

exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage;

Useverb

put into service; make work or employ (something) for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose;

Useverb

take or consume (regularly or habitually);

Useverb

seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage;

Useverb

use up, consume fully;

Useverb

avail oneself to;

Useverb

habitually do something (use only in the past tense);

Useverb

take, hold, or deploy (something) as a means of accomplishing or achieving something; employ

Useverb

treat (someone) in a particular way

Useverb

exploit (a person or situation) for one's own advantage

Useverb

apply (a name or title) to oneself

Useverb

take (an illegal drug)

Useverb

take or consume (an amount) from a limited supply

Useverb

describing an action or situation that was done repeatedly or existed for a period in the past

Useverb

be or become familiar with (someone or something) through experience

Useverb

one would like or benefit from

Usenoun

the action of using something or the state of being used for a purpose

Usenoun

the ability or power to exercise or manipulate one's mind or body

Usenoun

a purpose for or way in which something can be used

Usenoun

the value or advantage of something

Usenoun

the benefit or profit of lands, especially lands that are in the possession of another who holds them solely for the beneficiary.

Usenoun

the habitual consumption of a drug

Usenoun

the characteristic ritual and liturgy of a Christian Church or diocese.

Wearverb

To carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, etc.

Wearverb

To have or carry on one's person habitually, consistently; or, to maintain in a particular fashion or manner.

Wearverb

To bear or display in one's aspect or appearance.

Wearverb

To overcome one's reluctance and endure a (previously specified) situation.

Wearverb

To eat away at, erode, diminish, or consume gradually; to cause a gradual deterioration in; to produce (some change) through attrition, exposure, or constant use.

Wearverb

(intransitive) To undergo gradual deterioration; become impaired; be reduced or consumed gradually due to any continued process, activity, or use.

Wearverb

To exhaust, fatigue, expend, or weary.

Wearverb

(intransitive) To last or remain durable under hard use or over time; to retain usefulness, value, or desirable qualities under any continued strain or long period of time; sometimes said of a person, regarding the quality of being easy or difficult to tolerate.

Wearverb

(in the phrase "wearing on (someone)") To cause annoyance, irritation, fatigue, or weariness near the point of an exhaustion of patience.

Wearverb

To pass slowly, gradually or tediously.

Wearverb

(nautical) To bring (a sailing vessel) onto the other tack by bringing the wind around the stern (as opposed to tacking when the wind is brought around the bow); to come round on another tack by turning away from the wind. Also written "ware". Past: weared, or wore/worn.

Wearverb

To guard; watch; keep watch, especially from entry or invasion.

Wearverb

To defend; protect.

Wearverb

To ward off; prevent from approaching or entering; drive off; repel.

Wearverb

To conduct or guide with care or caution, as into a fold or place of safety.

Wearnoun

(uncountable) (in combination) clothing

Wearnoun

(uncountable) damage to the appearance and/or strength of an item caused by use over time

Wearnoun

(uncountable) fashion

Wearnoun

Same as Weir.

Wearnoun

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

Wearnoun

The thing worn; style of dress; the fashion.

Wearnoun

The result of wearing or use; consumption, diminution, or impairment due to use, friction, or the like; as, the wear of this coat has been good.

Wearverb

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.

Wearverb

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.

Wearverb

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

Wearverb

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.

Wearverb

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

Wearverb

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

Wearverb

To form or shape by, or as by, attrition.

Wearverb

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.

Wearverb

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.

Wearnoun

impairment resulting from long use;

Wearnoun

a covering designed to be worn on a person's body

Wearnoun

the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment;

Wearverb

be dressed in;

Wearverb

have on one's person;

Wearverb

have in one's aspect; wear an expression of one's attitude or personality;

Wearverb

deteriorate through use or stress;

Wearverb

have or show an appearance of;

Wearverb

last and be usable;

Wearverb

go to pieces;

Wearverb

exhaust or tire through overuse or great strain or stress;

Wearverb

put clothing on one's body;

Wear

Wear is the damaging, gradual removal or deformation of material at solid surfaces. Causes of wear can be mechanical (e.g., erosion) or chemical (e.g., corrosion).