wear

wear
[weəʳ, Am wer] n
1) (clothing) Kleidung f;
casual/sports \wear Freizeit-/Sport[be]kleidung f
2) (amount of use) Gebrauch m;
the chairs have a bit more \wear left in them die Stühle lassen sich noch gut eine Weile benutzen;
I haven't had much \wear out of this sweater ich habe diesen Pullover wenig getragen;
to show signs of \wear Abnutzungserscheinungen [o Verschleißerscheinungen] aufweisen;
\wear and tear Abnutzung f, Verschleiß m;
to take a lot of \wear and tear stark strapaziert werden;
to be the worse for \wear abgenutzt sein;
(clothes) abgetragen sein;
(fig: person) fertig sein (fam)
I feel a bit the worse for \wear ich fühle mich etwas angeschlagen vt <wore, worn>
1) (have on body)
to \wear sth clothes etw tragen [o (fam) anhaben]; jewellery etw tragen;
what are you \wearing to Caroline's wedding? was ziehst du zu Carolines Hochzeit an?;
she had nothing to \wear to the party sie hatte für die Party nichts anzuziehen;
he wore a grim expression (fig) er trug eine grimmige Miene zur Schau;
to \wear glasses eine Brille tragen;
to \wear one's hair loose/up das Haar offen/hoch gesteckt tragen
2) (make a hole)
to \wear a hole in sth etw durchwetzen; water etw aushöhlen
3) (Brit, Aus) (fam: permit)
to \wear sth etw hinnehmen [o (fam) schlucken];
PHRASES:
to \wear one's heart on one's sleeve das Herz auf der Zunge tragen;
to \wear the mantle of power (form, liter) die Insignien der Macht innehaben;
to \wear the trousers [or (Am) pants] die Hosen anhaben (fam) vi <wore, worn> (get thinner) clothes sich akk abtragen;
(get hole) sich akk durchscheuern; machine parts sich akk abnutzen;
this shirt is starting to \wear at the collar dieses Hemd wird am Kragen schon dünn;
my jeans have worn at the knees meine Jeans sind an den Knien durchgewetzt;
to \wear thin dünn werden; (fig) verflachen (fig)

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