Dress vs Wear - What's the difference?
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(countable) An item of clothing (usually worn by a woman or young girl) which both covers the upper part of the body and includes skirts below the waist.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
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, chapter=2 (uncountable) Apparel, clothing.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=6 The system of furrows on the face of a millstone.
A dress rehearsal.
(obsolete, reflexive, intransitive) To prepare oneself; to make ready.
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*:but syr Gawayns spere brak / but sir marhaus spere helde / And therwith syre Gawayne and his hors russhed doune to the erthe / And lyghtly syre Gawayne rose on his feet / and pulled out his swerd / and dressyd hym toward syr Marhaus on foote
To adorn, ornament.
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*Tennyson
*:dressing their hair with the white sea flower
*Carlyle
*:If he felt obliged to expostulate, he might have dressed his censures in a kinder form.
(nautical) To ornament (a ship) by hoisting the national colours at the peak and mastheads, and setting the jack forward; when "dressed full", the signal flags and pennants are added.
*1590 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queene) , III.5:
*:Daily she dressed him, and did the best / His grievous hurt to guarish, that she might.
*1883 , (Robert Louis Stevenson), (Treasure Island) :
*:he was deadly pale, and the blood-stained bandage round his head told that he had recently been wounded, and still more recently dressed.
To prepare (food) for cooking, especially by seasoning it.
To fit out with the necessary clothing; to clothe, put clothes on (something or someone).
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*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=6 To clothe oneself; to put on clothes.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=2
, passage=Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines.}}
Of a man, to allow the genitals to fall to one side or other of the trousers.
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To prepare for use; to fit for any use; to render suitable for an intended purpose; to get ready.
:to dress''' leather or cloth; to '''dress''' a garden; to '''dress''' grain, by cleansing it; in mining and metallurgy, to '''dress ores, by sorting and separating them
* Bible, Exodus xxx. 7
*Dryden
*:three hundred horsessmoothly dressed
To prepare the surface of (a material; usually stone or lumber).
(military, ambitransitive) To arrange in exact continuity of line, as soldiers; commonly to adjust to a straight line and at proper distance; to align. Sometimes an imperative command.
:to dress the ranks
:Right, dress !
To break and train for use, as a horse or other animal.
To guard; watch; keep watch, especially from entry or invasion.
To defend; protect.
To ward off; prevent from approaching or entering; drive off; repel.
To conduct or guide with care or caution, as into a fold or place of safety.
To carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, etc.
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*:It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar.
*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=5 To have or carry on one's person habitually, consistently; or, to maintain in a particular fashion or manner.
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, title= To bear or display in one's aspect or appearance.
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To overcome one's reluctance and endure a (previously specified) situation.
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To eat away at, erode, diminish, or consume gradually; to cause a gradual deterioration in; to produce (some change) through attrition, exposure, or constant use.
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(lb) To undergo gradual deterioration; become impaired; be reduced or consumed gradually due to any continued process, activity, or use.
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*Sir (Walter Scott) (1771-1832)
*:His stock of money began to wear very low.
* (1804-1881)
*:The familywore out in the earlier part of the century.
To exhaust, fatigue, expend, or weary. His neverending criticism has finally worn' my patience. Toil and care soon '''wear''' the spirit. Our physical advantage allowed us to ' wear the other team out
(lb) To last or remain durable under hard use or over time; to retain usefulness, value, or desirable qualities under any continued strain or long period of time; sometimes said of a person, regarding the quality of being easy or difficult to tolerate.
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(in the phrase "wearing on (someone) ") To cause annoyance, irritation, fatigue, or weariness near the point of an exhaustion of patience.
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To pass slowly, gradually or tediously.
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*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:Away, I say; time wears .
*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:Thus wore out night.
(lb) To bring (a sailing vessel) onto the other tack by bringing the wind around the stern (as opposed to tacking when the wind is brought around the bow); to come round on another tack by turning away from the wind. Also written "ware". Past: weared, or wore/worn.
(uncountable) (in combination ) clothing
(uncountable) damage to the appearance and/or strength of an item caused by use over time
* 1895 , H. G. Wells, The Time Machine Chapter X
(uncountable) fashion
* Shakespeare
In uncountable terms the difference between dress and wear
is that dress is apparel, clothing while wear is fashion.In nautical terms the difference between dress and wear
is that dress is to ornament (a ship) by hoisting the national colours at the peak and mastheads, and setting the jack forward; when "dressed full", the signal flags and pennants are added while wear is to bring (a sailing vessel) onto the other tack by bringing the wind around the stern (as opposed to tacking when the wind is brought around the bow); to come round on another tack by turning away from the wind. Also written "ware". Past: weared, or wore/worn.In intransitive terms the difference between dress and wear
is that dress is of a man, to allow the genitals to fall to one side or other of the trousers while wear is to last or remain durable under hard use or over time; to retain usefulness, value, or desirable qualities under any continued strain or long period of time; sometimes said of a person, regarding the quality of being easy or difficult to tolerate.As nouns the difference between dress and wear
is that dress is an item of clothing (usually worn by a woman or young girl) which both covers the upper part of the body and includes skirts below the waist while wear is (in combination) clothing.As verbs the difference between dress and wear
is that dress is to prepare oneself; to make ready while wear is to guard; watch; keep watch, especially from entry or invasion.As a proper noun Wear is
a river in the county of Tyne and Wear in north east England. The city of Sunderland is found upon its banks.dress
English
Noun
citation, passage=Now that she had rested and had fed from the luncheon tray Mrs. Broome had just removed, she had reverted to her normal gaiety. She looked cool in a grey tailored cotton dress with a terracotta scarf and shoes and her hair a black silk helmet.}}
citation, passage=Even in an era when individuality in dress is a cult, his clothes were noticeable. He was wearing a hard hat of the low round kind favoured by hunting men, and with it a black duffle-coat lined with white.}}
Derived terms
* dress code * dress rehearsal * dress shirt * nightdress * wedding dressVerb
citation, passage=‘[…] I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because “it was wicked to dress us like charity children”.
- When he dresseth the lamps he shall burn incense.
Synonyms
* clothe * (clothe oneself) get dressed * (prepare the surface of) * bandage, put a bandage on, put a dressing onAntonyms
* strip, undress * (clothe oneself) disrobe, get undressed, strip, undressDerived terms
* (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)Statistics
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* * * 1000 English basic words ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==Noun
(nb-noun-m1) (clothing) a suit (either formal wear, or leisure or sports wear )References
* ----wear
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) weren, werien, from (etyl) .Alternative forms
* (l), (l) (Scotland)Verb
- to wear the wolf from the sheep
Etymology 2
From (etyl) weren, werien, from (etyl) , (etyl) gwisgo, (etyl) waš- .Verb
citation, passage=‘It's rather like a beautiful Inverness cloak one has inherited. Much too good to hide away, so one wears it instead of an overcoat and pretends it's an amusing new fashion.’}}
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.}}
Derived terms
* outworn * wear away * wear down * wear off * wear out, worn out, worn-out * wear thin * wear something on one's sleeve, wear one's heart on one's sleeve * wear rose-colored glasses * wearable * wearer * worse for wearSee also
* (l) *Noun
(-)- footwear'''; outdoor '''wear'''; maternity '''wear
- Now, I still think that for this box of matches to have escaped the wear of time for immemorial years was a strange, and for me, a most fortunate thing.
- Motley's the only wear .