Hyphenation of wearing

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word wearing? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

wear-ing

Definitions of wearing:

1.	(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)
2.	The act of having on your person as a covering or adornment She bought it for everyday wear
3.	Producing exhaustion An exhausting march The visit was especially wearing

Synonyms of wearing:

adj	exhausting, tiring, wearying, effortful
noun	erosion, eroding, eating away, wearing away, geological process, geologic process
noun	wear, act, human action, human activity

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.