Definition of 'worn'
2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
3. adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE]
4. See also well-worn
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British English: worn
/wɔːn/ ADJECTIVE
Worn things are damaged or thin because they are old and have been used a lot.
...a worn blue carpet.
- American English: worn /ˈwɔrn/
- Arabic: رَثّ
- Brazilian Portuguese: usado
- Chinese: 用旧的
- Croatian: nošen
- Czech: obnošený
- Danish: slidt
- Dutch: versleten
- European Spanish: raído
- Finnish: kulunut
- French: usé
- German: abgetragen
- Greek: φθαρμένος
- Italian: consumato
- Japanese: 使い古した
- Korean: 낡은
- Norwegian: slitt
- Polish: zniszczony
- European Portuguese: usado
- Romanian: uzat
- Russian: изношенный
- Latin American Spanish: raído
- Swedish: sliten
- Thai: ซึ่งใช้จนเก่า
- Turkish: eskimiş
- Ukrainian: зношений
- Vietnamese: hao mòn
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