OXFORD Collocations | dictionary for students of English

wear verb

1 have a piece of clothing on

ADV. proudly proudly wearing their uniforms

VERB + WEAR tend to I tend to wear a jacket to work. | refuse to She refused to wear prison clothes. | forbid sb to | be entitled to He is entitled to wear the regimental tie.

2 last for a long time

ADV. badly, well Those curtains have worn very well.