wore
[ wawr, wohr ]
/ wɔr, woʊr /
verb
simple past tense of wear.
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH wore
war woreWords nearby wore
Definition for wore (2 of 2)
Origin of wear
before 900; (v.) Middle English
weren to have (clothes) on the body, waste, damage, suffer waste or damage, Old English
werian; cognate with Old Norse
verja, Gothic
wasjan to clothe; (noun) late Middle English
were act of carrying on the body, derivative of the v.; akin to Latin
vestis clothing (see
vest)
OTHER WORDS FROM wear
wear·er, noun re·wear, verb, re·wore, re·worn, re·wear·ing.Example sentences from the Web for wore
British Dictionary definitions for wore (1 of 4)
British Dictionary definitions for wore (2 of 4)
Wear
/ (wɪə) /
noun
a river in NE England, rising in NW Durham and flowing southeast then northeast to the North Sea at Sunderland. Length: 105 km (65 miles)
British Dictionary definitions for wore (3 of 4)
wear
1
/ (wɛə) /
verb wears, wearing, wore or worn
noun
Derived forms of wear
wearer, nounWord Origin for wear
Old English
werian; related to Old High German
werien, Old Norse
verja, Gothic
vasjan
British Dictionary definitions for wore (4 of 4)
wear
2
/ (wɛə) /
verb wears, wearing, wore or worn
nautical
to tack by gybing instead of by going through stays
Word Origin for wear
C17: from earlier
weare, of unknown origin
Idioms and Phrases with wore
wear