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What is the past tense of wear?

The past tense of wear is wore, and the past participle is worn.

Wear is an irregular (strong) verb: the vowel changes instead of adding -ed.

All forms of wear

as a noun

base
wear
plural
wears

as a verb

base
wear
past tense
wore
past participle
worn
present participle
wearing
third-person singular
wears