wore

English · Thesaurus

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

wore^¹

/wɔː/ UK
/wɔɹ/ US
/wo(ː)ɹ/
/woə/

Sounds like war (horse–hoarse merger), Waugh (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger) · Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)

verb

past simple past of wear
colloquial, nonstandard, participle, past past participle of wear Crim. No, though I loſe that Head which I before / Deſign'd ſhould the Morocco-Crown have wore[…]
past simple past of ware ("bring (a sailing vessel) onto the other tack by bringing the wind around the stern")

WORE^²

phrase

abbreviation, initialism Initialism of write once, run everywhere.
Similar: WORA

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: took, related, concerned, bore, involved, eroded, put, focused, concentrated, touched, covered, looked, used, dressed, ranged, gate

Talk about this word

Cite this

MLA

"wore." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/wore. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

wore. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/wore

Chicago

"wore." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/wore.

BibTeX

@misc{wore_2026,
  title = {wore},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wore},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}