worn

== English == === Alternative forms === worne (obsolete) === Etymology === By analogy to past participles like torn from tear and sworn from swear. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /wɔːn/ (General American) IPA(key): /wɔɹn/ (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /wo(ː)ɹn/ (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /woən/ Homophone: warn (horse–hoarse merger) Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)n Hyphenation: worn === Adjective === worn (comparative more worn, superlative most worn) Damaged and shabby as a result of much use. Worn out; exhausted. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === worn past participle of wear === Derived terms === === Anagrams === Norw., rown == Middle English == === Verb === worn alternative form of weren == Old English == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /worn/, [worˠn] Rhymes: -orn === Noun === worn m great many, multitude crowd, swarm, band, flock ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “worn”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.