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p. p. of Wear. Worn land, land that has become exhausted by tillage, or which for any reason has lost its fertility.

Consumed, or rendered useless, by wearing; as, worn-out garments.

See Wormil.

Worn or burdened with care; as, careworn look or face.

Worn by, or weared in, the feet; as, a footworn path; a footworn traveler.

Worn out; wasted; used up. [Archaic] Old foreworn stories almost forgotten. Brydges.

p. p. of Forswear.

State of being forsworn. [R.]

Much worn. [Obs.] A silly man, in simple weeds forworn. Spenser.

Worn, wrought, or stamped in. [R.] Milton.

Worn out or subdued by toil; worn out so as to be trite.

Having the pile worn off; threadbare.

Somewhat worn or damaged by having been kept for a time in a shop.

p. p. of Swear. Sworn brothers, originally, companions in arms who took an oath to share together good and bad fortune; hence, faithful friends. -- Sworn enemies, determined or irreconcilable enemies. -- Sworn friends, close friends.

Worn with military service; as, a warworn soldier; a warworn coat. Shak.

Worn, smoothed, or polished by the action of water; as, waterworn stones.

Worn by the waves. The shore that o'er his wave-worn basis bowed. Shak.

Wearied by traveling.

Worn by the action of, or by exposure to, the weather.

Worn by the action of wheels; as, a wheel-worn road.