FinnHun Finnish-Hungarian-English on-line dictionary and thesaurus

v (context|now chiefly|_|UK|_|dialectal|transitive) To guard; watch; keep watch, especially from entry or invasion.

v (context|now chiefly|_|UK|_|dialectal|transitive) To defend; protect.

v (context|now chiefly|_|UK|_|dialectal|transitive) To ward off; prevent from approaching or entering; drive off; repel.

v (context|now chiefly|_|UK|_|dialectal|transitive) To conduct or guide with care or caution, as into a fold or place of safety.

v To carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, etc.

v To have or carry on one's person habitually, consistently; or, to maintain in a particular fashion or manner.

v To bear or display in one's aspect or appearance.

v (colloquial|with "it") To overcome one's reluctance and endure a (previously specified) situation.

v To eat away at, erode, diminish, or consume gradually; to cause a gradual deterioration in; to produce (some change) through attrition, exposure, or constant use.

v (intransitive) To undergo gradual deterioration; become impaired; be reduced or consumed gradually due to any continued process, activity, or use.

v To exhaust, fatigue, expend, or weary.

v (intransitive) To last or remain durable under hard use or over time; to retain usefulness, value, or desirable qualities under any continued strain or long period of time; sometimes said of a person, regarding the quality of being easy or difficult to tolerate.

v (intransitive|colloquial) (in the phrase "wearing on (someone)") To cause annoyance, irritation, fatigue, or weariness near the point of an exhaustion of patience.

v (intransitive|of time) To pass slowly, gradually or tediously.

v (nautical) To bring (a sailing vessel) onto the other tack by bringing the wind around the stern (as opposed to tacking when the wind is brought around the bow); to come round on another tack by turning away from the wind.

n (uncountable) (in combination) clothing (such as footwear)

n (uncountable) damage to the appearance and/or strength of an item caused by use over time

n (uncountable) fashion