wear

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

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

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

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.

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

To exhaust, fatigue, expend, or weary.

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

To overcome one's reluctance and endure a (previously specified) situation.

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.

To pass slowly, gradually or tediously.