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Worn

adjective

1.

Affected by wear; damaged by long use. "A worn suit" , "The worn pockets on the jacket"

2.

Showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering. Synonyms: careworn, drawn, haggard, raddled. "Her face was drawn and haggard from sleeplessness" , "That raddled but still noble face" , "Shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face"

Wear

verb

(past wore; past part. worn)

1.

Be dressed in. Synonym: have on.

2.

Have on one's person. Synonym: bear. "Bear a scar"

3.

Have in one's aspect; wear an expression of one's attitude or personality.

4.

Deteriorate through use or stress. Synonyms: wear down, wear off, wear out, wear thin.

5.

Have or show an appearance of.

6.

Last and be usable. Synonyms: endure, hold out.

7.

Go to pieces. Synonyms: break, bust, fall apart, wear out. "The gears wore out" , "The old chair finally fell apart completely"

8.

Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress. Synonyms: fag, fag out, fatigue, jade, outwear, tire, tire out, wear down, wear out, wear upon, weary.

9.

Put clothing on one's body. Synonyms: assume, don, get into, put on. "He put on his best suit for the wedding" , "The princess donned a long blue dress" , "The queen assumed the stately robes" , "He got into his jeans"

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"Worn" Quotes from Famous Books

... the shore, but long before he reached it the sun had set, and darkness, unpierced by a single star, dropped upon the sea. The old horse, worn out by his long and painful journey, sank beneath him, and the dwarf was so tired that he rolled off his back and fell asleep ...

— Irish Fairy Tales • Edmund Leamy

... glorious consummation having been achieved, this advanced stage in the long conflict having been reached, Mr. Adams could not hope for life to see another goal passed. His work was nearly done; he had grown aged, and had worn himself out faithfully toiling in the struggle which must hereafter be fought through its coming phases and to its final success by others, younger men than he, though none of them certainly having over him any other militant advantage save only the ...

— John Quincy Adams - American Statesmen Series • John. T. Morse

... to pull in red snappers from six to twelve pounds in weight. They were perfect beauties, vermilion on the back, the color gradually changing to pink on the belly. The Colonel was all worn out with his exertions, and he was glad to exchange his line for the tiller of the boat, and I took a hand in the exciting sport. But we were catching more than we could use, and we landed at a settlement ...

— Down South - or, Yacht Adventure in Florida • Oliver Optic

... made to ascertain specific and subspecific differences, only adults, or animals in which the enamel was worn through on the permanent P4 and p4 were used. Within this age range, only specimens in comparable pelage were used to ...

— Taxonomy of the Chipmunks, Eutamias quadrivittatus and Eutamias umbrinus • John A. White

... congratulated Derrick and informed him that he left the Court "without a stain on his character." Notwithstanding its satisfactory conclusion, the ordeal had been a trying one for father and son, and Derrick looked pale and somewhat worn as he grasped the hand of Reggie, who had been in Court, and had hurried after him ...

— The Woman's Way • Charles Garvice

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