WEARING
\wˈe͡əɹɪŋ], \wˈeəɹɪŋ], \w_ˈeə_ɹ_ɪ_ŋ]\
Definitions of WEARING
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering; "looking careworn as she bent over her mending"; "her face was drawn and haggard from sleeplessness"; "that raddled but still noble face"; "shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face"- Charles Dickens
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(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)
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