WEARING as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment
   Synonym(s)
   • wear (what does wear mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • she bought it for everyday wear
   Hypernyms(s) wearing is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • act (what does act mean?)
   • human action (what does human action mean?)
   • human activity (what does human activity mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • wear (what does wear mean?)
   • bear (what does bear mean?)
   • wear (what does wear mean?)
   • bear (what does bear mean?)
2. Meaning
   • (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)
   Synonym(s)
   • eating away (what does eating away mean?)
   • eroding (what does eroding mean?)
   • erosion (what does erosion mean?)
   • wearing away (what does wearing away mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) wearing is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • geological process (what does geological process mean?)
   • geologic process (what does geologic process mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • chatter mark (what does chatter mark mean?)
   • ablation (what does ablation mean?)
   • abrasion (what does abrasion mean?)
   • attrition (what does attrition mean?)
   • corrasion (what does corrasion mean?)
   • detrition (what does detrition mean?)
   • beach erosion (what does beach erosion mean?)
   • deflation (what does deflation mean?)
   • planation (what does planation mean?)
   • soil erosion (what does soil erosion mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • erode (what does erode mean?)
   • gnaw (what does gnaw mean?)
   • gnaw at (what does gnaw at mean?)
   • eat at (what does eat at mean?)
   • wear away (what does wear away mean?)
   • erode (what does erode mean?)
   • eat away (what does eat away mean?)
   • fret (what does fret mean?)
   • erode (what does erode mean?)
   • eat away (what does eat away mean?)
   • fret (what does fret mean?)

WEARING as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • producing exhaustion
   Synonym(s)
   • exhausting (what does exhausting mean?)
   • tiring (what does tiring mean?)
   • wearying (what does wearying mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • an exhausting march
   • the visit was especially wearing
   Similar To
   • effortful (what does effortful mean?)