WARE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ware mean? 

• WARE (noun)
  The noun WARE has 2 senses:

1. articles of the same kind or material; usually used in combination: 'silverware', 'software'

2. commodities offered for sale

  Familiarity information: WARE used as a noun is rare.

• WARE (verb)
  The verb WARE has 1 sense:

1. spend extravagantly

  Familiarity information: WARE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WARE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Articles of the same kind or material; usually used in combination: 'silverware', 'software'

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("ware" is a kind of...):

article (one of a class of artifacts)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ware"):

metalware (household articles made of metal (especially for use at table))

woodenware (ware for domestic use made of wood)

tableware (articles for use at the table (dishes and silverware and glassware))

article of commerce (an article that is offered for sale)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Commodities offered for sale

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

merchandise; product; ware

Context example:

that store offers a variety of products

Hypernyms ("ware" is a kind of...):

commodity; good; trade good (articles of commerce)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ware"):

contraband (goods whose importation or exportation or possession is prohibited by law)

piece goods; yard goods (merchandise in the form of fabrics sold by the yard)

top of the line (the best (most expensive) in a given line of merchandise)

inventory; stock (the merchandise that a shop has on hand)

software package; software product (merchandise consisting of a computer program that is offered for sale)

dreck; schlock; shlock (merchandise that is shoddy or inferior)

release (merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film))

refill (a commercial product that refills a container with its appropriate contents)

business line; line; line of business; line of merchandise; line of products; product line (a particular kind of product or merchandise)

irregular; second (merchandise that has imperfections; usually sold at a reduced price without the brand name)

ironmongery (the merchandise that is sold in an ironmonger's shop)

generic (any product that can be sold without a brand name)

feature (an article of merchandise that is displayed or advertised more than other articles)

cargo; consignment; freight; lading; load; loading; payload; shipment (goods carried by a large vehicle)

number (an item of clothing)

Holonyms ("ware" is a part of...):

mercantile establishment; outlet; retail store; sales outlet (a place of business for retailing goods)

• WARE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they ware    ... he / she / it wares   
Past simple: wared   
Past participle: wared   
-ing form: waring   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Spend extravagantly

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Synonyms:

consume; squander; ware; waste

Context example:

waste not, want not

Hypernyms (to "ware" is one way to...):

drop; expend; spend (pay out)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "ware"):

drink; tope (drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic)

dissipate; fool; fool away; fritter; fritter away; frivol away; shoot (spend frivolously and unwisely)

luxuriate; wanton (become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously)

lavish; shower (expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns)

overspend (spend at a high rate)

fling; splurge (indulge oneself)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

When she reached the dwarfs’ cottage, she knocked at the door, and cried, “Fine wares to sell!”

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

“And, by the rood! he hath some strange wares,” cried John.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

So there was no explaining this sudden acceptability of his wares.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

He receives these wares not only from treacherous valets or maids, but frequently from genteel ruffians, who have gained the confidence and affection of trusting women.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Within abundance of silver paper was a pretty little Tunbridge-ware box, which Harriet opened: it was well lined with the softest cotton; but, excepting the cotton, Emma saw only a small piece of court-plaister.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

He could not tell me where the place of work was situated, but he had a vague idea that it was some kind of a "new-fangled ware'us"; and with this slender clue I had to start for Poplar.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Then she knocked at the door, and cried, “Fine wares to sell!”

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

My friend, answered the palmer, not all the money that is in this country could pay a just price for these wares of mine.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Martin's literary judgments were wrong because he could not sell his wares.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

One of these suggested that there was being erected at Cross Angel Street a new "cold storage" building; and as this suited the condition of a "new-fangled ware'us," I at once drove to it.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)