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wear

n. impairment resulting from long use; "the tires showed uneven wear"

wearing

n. the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment; "she bought it for everyday wear"

clothing, clothes, apparel, vesture, wearing apparel

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

wear

v. have or show an appearance of; "wear one's hair in a certain way"

wear

v. have in one's aspect; wear an expression of one's attitude or personality; "He always wears a smile"

have on

v. be dressed in; "She was wearing yellow that day"

bear, have on one's person

v. have on one's person; "He wore a red ribbon"; "bear a scar"

don, put on, get into

v. 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"

wear out, wear off, wear thin

v. deteriorate through use or stress; "The constant friction wore out the cloth"

hold out, endure

v. last and be usable; "This dress wore well for almost ten years"

break, bust, wear out, fall apart

v. go to pieces; "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely"

decomposition, disintegration

n. in a decomposed state

service

n. (law) the acts performed by an English feudal tenant for the benefit of his lord which formed the consideration for the property granted to him

use, usage, employment, exercise, utilization, utilisation

n. the act of using; "he warned against the use of narcotic drugs"; "skilled in the utilization of computers"

costume

n. the attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball; "he won the prize for best costume"

costume

n. the attire characteristic of a country or a time or a social class; "he wore his national costume"

costume

n. unusual or period attire not characteristic of or appropriate to the time and place; "in spite of the heat he insisted on his woolen costume"

rig, outfit, getup

n. a set of clothing (with accessories); "his getup was exceedingly elegant"

furnishings, trappings

n. (usually plural) accessory wearing apparel

ensemble

n. a coordinated outfit (set of clothing)

utility

n. a facility composed of one or more pieces of equipment connected to or part of a structure and designed to provide a service such as heat or electricity or water or sewage disposal; "the price of the house included all utilities"

deck, bedight, bedeck

v. decorate; "deck the halls with holly"

cover, apparel, garb, dress, raiment, garment, clothe, enclothe, tog, habilitate, fit out

v. provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed and dress their child"

take, acquire, assume, take on

v. take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; "His voice took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn"; "he adopted an air of superiority"; "She assumed strange manners"; "The gods assume human or animal form in these fables"

disintegrate, break into parts

v. break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity; "The material disintegrated"; "the group disintegrated after the leader died"

fall apart, crumble

v. break or fall apart into fragments; "The cookies crumbled"; "The Sphinx is crumbling"

come off, detach, come away

v. come to be detached; "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery"

disjoin, disjoint, become disjoint

v. become separated, disconnected or disjoint

part, separate, divide, come apart

v. come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated"

chafe, make sore

v. tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading; "This leash chafes the dog's neck"

powderize, pulverize

v. make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust; "pulverize the grains"

break, split up, separate, fall apart, come apart

v. become separated into pieces or fragments; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart"

decay, decompose, disintegrate

v. lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current; "the particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process"

vaporize, gasify, aerify, turn into gas

v. turn into gas

wear away, whittle away, whittle down

v. cut away in small pieces

exit, go, die, decease, expire, pass away, perish, pip out

v. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "They children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"

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