wearing
/ˈweːɹɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.85 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
That wears (deteriorate through use), and may eventually wear out.
noun
The mechanical process of eroding or grinding.
Example Sentences
- "Clothes used to be called wearing apparel."
- "[The biography] also displays a rather wearing fidelity to chronology that gives rise to too many summer holidays at the beginning of the book and too many royalty statements towards the end."
- "Comparison of the four bogie designs shows that the Rugby-built A.E.I. bogie has the least number of components and a minimum of metallic wearing surfaces."
- "formal crown-wearings"
- "Give me my nightly wearing and adieu."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈweːɹɪŋ/
- British English: /ˈwɛəɹɪŋ/