| wear |
to have or carry on one's person as a covering or ornament. [15 definitions] |
| wearability |
the ability to resist deterioration under normal use. |
| wearable |
suitable for or capable of being worn. |
| wear and tear |
deterioration or wear caused by ordinary use; normal depreciation. |
| wearing |
pertaining to articles of clothing. [2 definitions] |
| wearisome |
causing fatigue; tiring. [2 definitions] |
| wear off |
to diminish or disappear gradually. |
| wear out |
to make useless through prolonged use. [2 definitions] |
| wearproof |
resistant to the damage or deterioration caused by normal use. |
| wear the pants |
to have the greatest authority or play the dominant role, as in a family. |
| weary |
physically or mentally tired, esp. from exertion or strain; fatigued. [6 definitions] |
| weasel |
any of various carnivorous, slender-bodied mammals, related to minks and polecats, with brownish fur, short legs, and a long bushy tail. [4 definitions] |
| weasel words |
statements that are intentionally misleading, ambiguous, evasive, or indirect. |
| weather |
the state of the atmosphere at a particular place and time as characterized by sunshine, moisture, temperature, precipitation, and other variables. [7 definitions] |
| weather-beaten |
worn, damaged, or marked by exposure to the weather. |
| weatherboard |
a long narrow board used to cover the outer walls of a frame house in such away that each board partly overlaps the one below it and thereby sheds water from the house; clapboard. [3 definitions] |
| weather-bound |
detained or stopped by bad weather. |
| Weather Bureau |
a former bureau within the U.S. Department of Commerce that was responsible forgathering meteorological data. (See National Weather Service.) |
| weathercock |
a weather vane, esp. one shaped like a rooster. |
| weathered |
seasoned, stained, softened, or creased by, or as if by, the weather. [2 definitions] |
| weather eye |
alertness to signs of change in the weather. [2 definitions] |