Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wore

/wɔɹ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.29 in modern English

Syllables: wore
IPA: /wɔɹ/

7

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past of wear

verb

past participle of wear

Colloquial

verb

simple past of ware ("bring (a sailing vessel) onto the other tack by bringing the wind around the stern")

phrase

Initialism of write once, run everywhere.

Example Sentences

"Crim. No, though I loſe that Head which I before / Deſign'd ſhould the Morocco-Crown have wore[…]"
"Some of the greatest scholars, politicians, and wits, that ever Europe produced, have wore the habit of an abbé[…]"
"But he wore surgical gloves when we had sex, I mean if we had had a body condom he would have wore it and he'd go wash immediately."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /wɔɹ/
British English: /wɔː/

Usage

Colloquial

Synonyms

WORA

Homonyms

war (horse–hoarse merger) Waugh (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger) war

Rhymes With

for or your more before four war d'or door store floor anymore

Questions

How do you pronounce wore?: The recorded pronunciation is /wɔɹ/.
What does wore mean?: simple past of wear

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