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Wearing

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WordDefinition
effortfulRequiring or showing effort.
wearverb(transitive) To have on:
erosionnoun(uncountable) The result of having been worn away or eroded, as by a glacier on rock or the sea on a cliff face.
exhaustingVery tiring.
tiringnounThat tires or tire.
erodingnoun(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)
wearing awaynoun(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)
wearyingnounThe process of making weary.
eating awaynoun(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)

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WordDefinition
effortfulRequiring or showing effort.
erosionnoun(uncountable) The result of having been worn away or eroded, as by a glacier on rock or the sea on a cliff face.
exhaustingVery tiring.
tiringnounThat tires or tire.
eating awaynoun(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)
erodingnoun(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)
wearing awaynoun(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)
wearyingnounThe process of making weary.
coatingnounA thin outer layer.
lodgingnounA place to live or lodge.
carryingnounTransportation.
containingnoun(in the plural) contents
bearingnoun(in the plural, especially in phrases such as 'get one's bearings') One's understanding of one's orientation or relative position, literally or figuratively.
flyingnounThat flies or can fly.
portverb(nautical, transitive, chiefly imperative) To turn or put to the left or larboard side of a ship; said of the helm.
seaportnounA town or harbour with facilities for seagoing ships to dock and take on or discharge cargo.
harborverb(transitive) To provide a harbor or safe place for.
harbourverb(Commonwealth spelling) Standard spelling of harbor.
puttingnounThe action or result of the verb put.
putverbTo physically place (something or someone somewhere).

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