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worn definition

worn (wôrn)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

wear

adjective

  1. showing the effects of use, wear, etc.
  2. damaged by use or wear
  3. showing the effects of worry or anxiety

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worn Synonyms

worn

modif.

  1. Used as clothing

    carried, put on, donned, displayed, exhibited, used, sported*.

  2. Showing signs of wear

    frayed, threadbare, old, secondhand, ragged, shabby, impaired, used, consumed, deteriorated, torn, patched, the worse for wear.

    Antonyms fresh*, new*, whole.


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worn Usage Examples

Preposition: over

  • shoulder: Cloak - Worn over the shoulders as a coat There were two types of cloak.

Preposition: by

  • Indian: Was it not worn by indians when they went to war to intimidate their enemies or something?

Modifies a noun

  • tire: The following chart shows the increase in stopping distance of worn tires.

Modifying Another Word

  • badly: On the cross facing east is a badly worn coat of arms; facing west is a bearded figure holding a child.

Used with adjective complement

  • replace: A program of wheelset changes to replace worn out brake disks was due to be completed by April 2003.
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worn quotes

It is necessary for mortals to be worn with toil.

-Euripides

Nothing is thought rare Which is not new and follow'd, yet we know That what was worne some twenty yeare agoe, Comes into grace againe.

-Fo, Dario

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