Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To wear out; exhaust.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To wear too much; consume, exhaust, or wear out: chiefly in the past participle.
- To wear until it is worn out; wear threadbare: render trite.
- Hence, to pass through; leave behind.
- noun Outer clothing, as overcoats, cloaks, etc.: a trade-name.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To wear too much; to wear out.
- noun Clothing worn over the ordinary indoor clothing, as overcoats, wraps, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
wear out ; toexhaust . - noun
outer clothing
Etymologies
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Examples
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This way, all my clothes are rotated, so I wear them all and never overwear my favourites.
Avoid Over-Wearing Clothes with a Left-to-Right Closet | Lifehacker Australia 2008
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I fall out of love if I overwear, or wear too long without a break.
Sometimes They Come Back: L'Heure Bleue, Saffron... and a Prize Draw Marina Geigert 2008
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This way, all my clothes are rotated, so I wear them all and never overwear my favourites.
Avoid Over-Wearing Clothes with a Left-to-Right Closet | Lifehacker Australia 2008
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The overwear fashion accent not only makes an entrance in stripes of all persuasions, but jazzy eye-catching patterns that jolt the senses.
Menswear…sweaters saunter into fall! Fashion 08! « Julian Ayrs & Pop Culture 2008
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Clutching my cloak around me tighter, I was glad that I had not been successful in arguing for the lighter-weight overwear.
Timegod's World Modesitt, L. E. 1992
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It is the overwork, the overwear of mind and heart (for the feelings come as much into use as the thoughts in these productions), that makes you so pale, dearest, that distracts your head, and does all the harm on Saturdays and so many other days besides.
The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett Browning, Robert, 1812-1889 1898
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What he does want is a woman amiable as a surface of parchment, serviceable as his inkstand; one who will be like the wig in which he closes his forensic term, disreputable from overwear, but suited to the purpose.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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What he does want is a woman amiable as a surface of parchment, serviceable as his inkstand; one who will be like the wig in which he closes his forensic term, disreputable from overwear, but suited to the purpose.
Rhoda Fleming — Volume 3 George Meredith 1868
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What he does want is a woman amiable as a surface of parchment, serviceable as his inkstand; one who will be like the wig in which he closes his forensic term, disreputable from overwear, but suited to the purpose.
Rhoda Fleming — Complete George Meredith 1868
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It is the overwork, the overwear of mind and heart (for the feelings come as much into use as the thoughts in these productions), that makes you so pale, dearest, that distracts your head, and does all the harm on Saturdays and so many other days besides.
The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 Robert Browning 1850
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