Wear

What “Wear” means

Verb

1. To have on:
2. To have on:
3. To have on:
4. To erode:
5. To erode:

Noun

1. Clothing.
2. Damage to the appearance and/or strength of an item caused by use over time.
3. Fashion.
4. Wearing.

Verb

1. To guard; watch; keep watch, especially from entry or invasion.
2. To defend; protect.
3. To ward off; prevent from approaching or entering; drive off; repel.
4. To conduct or guide with care or caution, as into a fold or place of safety.

Noun

1. Dated form of weir.

Where the word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wes- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *woséyeti Proto-Germanic *wazjaną Proto-West Germanic *waʀjan Old English werian Middle English weren English wear Inherited from Middle English weren, werien, from Old English werian (“to clothe, cover over; put on, wear, use; stock (land)”), from Proto-West Germanic *waʀjan, from Proto-Germanic *wazjaną (“to clothe”), from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to dress, put on (clothes)”). Cognate to Sanskrit वस्ते (váste), Ancient Greek ἕννυμι (hénnumi, “put on”), Latin vestis (“garment”) (English vest), Albanian vesh (“dress up, wear”), Tocharian B wäs-, Old Armenian զգենում (zgenum), Welsh gwisgo, Hittite 𒉿𒀸- (waš-). Originally a weak verb (i.e. with a past tense in -ed), it became irregular during the Middle English period by analogy with verbs like beren (whence bear) and tere

From Middle English weren, werien, from Old English werian (“to guard, keep, defend; ward off, hinder, prevent, forbid; restrain; occupy, inhabit; dam up; discharge obligations on (land)”), from Proto-West Germanic *warjan, from Proto-Germanic *warjaną (“to defend, protect, ward off”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to close, cover, protect, save, defend”). Cognate with Scots wer, weir (“to defend, protect”), Dutch weren (“to aver, ward off”), German wehren (“to fight”), Swedish värja (“to defend, ward off”), Icelandic verja (“to defend”).

Business name ideas with “Wear”

Industries where “Wear” fits

We suggest this word for 3 business types and industries, including:

• Clothing Brand
• Formal Wear and Costume Rental
• Women’s, Girls’, and Infants’ Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing