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[ wair ]

noun

  1. Usually wares.
    1. articles of merchandise or manufacture; goods:

      a peddler selling his wares.

    2. any intangible items, as services or products of artistic or intellectual creativity, that are saleable:

      an actor advertising his wares.

  2. a specified kind or class of merchandise or of manufactured article (usually used in combination): -ware.

    silverware;

    glassware.

  3. pottery, or a particular kind of pottery:

    delft ware.

  4. Archaeology. a group of ceramic types classified according to paste and texture, surface modification, as burnish or glaze, and decorative motifs rather than shape and color.


ware

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[ wair ]

adjective

  1. watchful, wary, or cautious.

verb (used with object)

wared, waring.
  1. to beware of (usually used in the imperative).

ware

3

[ wair ]

verb (used with object)

Scot. and North England.
wared, waring.
  1. to spend; expend.

ware

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[ wair ]

noun

Scot. and North England.
  1. the first season in the year; spring.

-ware

5
  1. a combining form extracted from software, occurring as the final element in words that refer to a specified kind or class of software: ware 1( def 2 ).

    spyware;

    shareware.

ware

1

/ ·Éɛə /

noun

  1. functioning as singular articles of the same kind or material

    glassware

    silverware

  2. porcelain or pottery of a specified type

    jasper ware

    agateware

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ware

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/ ·Éɛə /

verb

  1. another word for beware
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adjective

  1. another word for wary wise 1
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ware

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/ ·Éɛə /

verb

  1. dialect.
    tr to spend or squander
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–w²¹°ù±ð

  1. A suffix that means “software,†as in shareware.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of ware1

First recorded before 1000; Middle English; Old English waru; cognate with German Ware

Origin of ware2

First recorded before 900; Middle English adjective; Old English adjective ·Éæ°ù; cognate with German gewahr “a·É²¹°ù±ð,†Old Norse varr “a·É²¹°ù±ðâ€

Origin of ware3

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English, from Old Norse verja “to spend, investâ€

Origin of ware4

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English, from Old Norse ±¹Äå°ù “s±è°ù¾±²Ô²µâ€; perhaps akin to Latin ±¹Å§°ù, Greek é²¹°ù “s±è°ù¾±²Ô²µâ€; vernal
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of ware1

Old English waru; related to Old Frisian were, Old Norse vara, Middle Dutch Ware

Origin of ware2

Old English ·Éæ°ù; related to Old Saxon, Old High German giwar, Old Norse varr, Gothic war, Latin vereor. See aware , beware

Origin of ware3

C15: of Scandinavian origin; related to Icelandic verja
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Example Sentences

At Smartshooter’s stand, an affable representative showed off the company’s wares to a rotating crowd, holding up a mock rifle for customers to try.

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Fans and customers can stroll onto the floor that was once filled with racks of trendy women’s apparel to watch them work and perhaps buy some of their wares.

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Bootleggers simply stock up there and drive back, hawking their wares for two or three times the price.

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He is beginning to see a steady trickle of growers "leaving the trade" to raise other wares — namely livestock and palm oil — that don't face the same overt challenges.

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Nestled in the Tien Shan mountains, the largest east to west mountain range on Earth, merchants from all over Europe and Asia would travel to Tashbulak and Tugunbulak to hawk their wares.

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