wore-out

[ wawr-out, wohr- ]
/ ˈwɔrˈaʊt, ˈwoʊr- /

adjective Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S.

Definition for wore out (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.

British Dictionary definitions for wore out (1 of 3)

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 out (2 of 3)

wear 1
/ (wɛə) /

verb wears, wearing, wore or worn

noun

Derived forms of wear

wearer, noun

Word Origin for wear

Old English werian; related to Old High German werien, Old Norse verja, Gothic vasjan

British Dictionary definitions for wore out (3 of 3)

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 out

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