wearing /ˈwɛəɹɪŋ/adjective 4noun 3forms 3 adjective4 •Causing tiredness; trying to a person's patience.[The biography] also displays a rather wearing fidelity to chronology that gives rise to too many summer holidays at the beginning of the book and too many royalty statements towards the end. — 2014 •Causing erosion. •That wears (deteriorate through use), and may eventually wear out.Comparison of the four bogie designs shows that the Rugby-built A.E.I. bogie has the least number of components and a minimum of metallic wearing surfaces. — 1960 •Intended to be worn.Clothes used to be called wearing apparel. noun3 •The act by which something is worn. •The mechanical process of eroding or grinding. •That which is worn; clothes; garments.Give me my nightly wearing and adieu. — 1603 formswearings · more wearing · most wearing
