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  • English Word Weaponless Definition Having no weapon.
  • English Word Weaponry Definition Weapons, collectively; as, an array of weaponry.
  • English Word Wear Definition Same as Weir.
  • English Word Wear Definition To cause to go about, as a vessel, by putting the helm up, instead of alee as in tacking, so that the vessel's bow is turned away from, and her stern is presented to, the wind, and, as she turns still farther, her sails fill on the other side; to veer.
  • English Word Wear Definition To carry or bear upon the person; to bear upon one's self, as an article of clothing, decoration, warfare, bondage, etc.; to have appendant to one's body; to have on; as, to wear a coat; to wear a shackle.
  • English Word Wear Definition To have or exhibit an appearance of, as an aspect or manner; to bear; as, she wears a smile on her countenance.
  • English Word Wear Definition To use up by carrying or having upon one's self; hence, to consume by use; to waste; to use up; as, to wear clothes rapidly.
  • English Word Wear Definition To impair, waste, or diminish, by continual attrition, scraping, percussion, on the like; to consume gradually; to cause to lower or disappear; to spend.
  • English Word Wear Definition To cause or make by friction or wasting; as, to wear a channel; to wear a hole.
  • English Word Wear Definition To form or shape by, or as by, attrition.
  • English Word Wear Definition To endure or suffer use; to last under employment; to bear the consequences of use, as waste, consumption, or attrition; as, a coat wears well or ill; -- hence, sometimes applied to character, qualifications, etc.; as, a man wears well as an acquaintance.
  • English Word Wear Definition To be wasted, consumed, or diminished, by being used; to suffer injury, loss, or extinction by use or time; to decay, or be spent, gradually.
  • English Word Wear Definition The act of wearing, or the state of being worn; consumption by use; diminution by friction; as, the wear of a garment.
  • English Word Wear Definition The thing worn; style of dress; the fashion.
  • English Word Wear Definition A dam in a river to stop and raise the water, for the purpose of conducting it to a mill, forming a fish pond, or the like.
  • English Word Wear Definition A fence of stakes, brushwood, or the like, set in a stream, tideway, or inlet of the sea, for taking fish.
  • English Word Wear Definition A long notch with a horizontal edge, as in the top of a vertical plate or plank, through which water flows, -- used in measuring the quantity of flowing water.
  • English Word Wearable Definition Capable of being worn; suitable to be worn.
  • English Word Weared Definition of Wear
  • English Word Wearer Definition One who wears or carries as appendant to the body; as, the wearer of a cloak, a sword, a crown, a shackle, etc.
  • English Word Wearer Definition That which wastes or diminishes.
  • English Word Weariable Definition That may be wearied.
  • English Word Wearied Definition of Weary
  • English Word Weariful Definition Abounding in qualities which cause weariness; wearisome.
  • English Word Weariless Definition Incapable of being wearied.
  • English Word Wearily Definition In a weary manner.
  • English Word Weariness Definition The quality or state of being weary or tried; lassitude; exhaustion of strength; fatigue.
  • English Word Wearing Definition of Wear
  • English Word Wearing Definition The act of one who wears; the manner in which a thing wears; use; conduct; consumption.
  • English Word Wearing Definition That which is worn; clothes; garments.