Ware Definition

wâr
wared, wares, waring
noun
wares
An item that is offered for sale.
American Heritage
Any piece or kind of goods that a store, merchant, peddler, etc. has to sell; also, any skill or service that one seeks to sell.
Webster's New World
An attribute or ability, especially when regarded as an article of commerce.
American Heritage
Things, usually of the same general kind, that are for sale; a (specified) kind of merchandise, collectively.
Hardware, earthenware, glassware.
Webster's New World
Dishes made of baked and glazed clay; pottery, or a specified kind or make of pottery.
Webster's New World
verb
wared, wares, waring
To beware of.
Ware hounds!
Webster's New World
To spend or squander (money, time, etc.)
Webster's New World

(obsolete or dialectal) To beware of something.

Wiktionary

(nautical) To wear, or veer.

Wiktionary
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
adjective
Watchful; wary.
American Heritage
Aware; conscious (of)
Webster's New World
On one's guard; ready; wary.
Webster's New World
Prudent; cautious; wise.
Webster's New World

(poetic) Aware.

Wiktionary
suffix
Articles of the same general kind, made of a specified material, or used in a specific application.
Hardware; silverware.
American Heritage
Software.
Groupware; shareware.
American Heritage
affix
Computer software.
Courseware, shareware.
Webster's New World
pronoun
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Ware

Noun

Singular:
ware
Plural:
wares

Origin of Ware

  • Middle English waren from Old English warian wer-3 in Indo-European roots Adj., Middle English wary

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old English war (“seaweed"). Cognate with Dutch wier (“seaweed"), Middle Dutch wier (“seaweed").

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English waru goods wer-3 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From ware Sense 2, from (soft)ware

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old English warian

    From Wiktionary

  • Old English wær.

    From Wiktionary

  • Old English waru

    From Wiktionary

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