'Ware' definitions:

Definition of 'ware'

(from WordNet)
noun
Articles of the same kind or material; usually used in combination: `silverware', `software'
noun
Commodities offered for sale; "good business depends on having good merchandise"; "that store offers a variety of products" [syn: merchandise, ware, product]
verb
Spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not" [syn: consume, squander, waste, ware]

Definition of 'Ware'

From: GCIDE
  • Ware \Ware\, n. [OE. ware, AS. waru; akin to D. waar, G. waare, Icel. & Sw. vara, Dan. vare; and probably to E. worth, a. See Worth, a.] Articles of merchandise; the sum of articles of a particular kind or class; style or class of manufactures; especially, in the plural, goods; commodities; merchandise. "Retails his wares at wakes." --Shak. "To chaffer with them and eke to sell them their ware." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • It the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the Sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the Sabbath, or on the holy day. --Neh. x. 31. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: Although originally and properly a collective noun, it admits of a plural form, when articles of merchandise of different kinds are meant. It is often used in composition; as in hardware, glassware, tinware, etc. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Ware'

From: GCIDE
  • Ware \Ware\, obs. imp. of Wear. Wore. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Ware'

From: GCIDE
  • Ware \Ware\, v. t. (Naut.) To wear, or veer. See Wear. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Ware'

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  • Ware \Ware\, n. [AS. w[=a]r.] (Bot.) Seaweed. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
  • Ware goose (Zool.), the brant; -- so called because it feeds on ware, or seaweed. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Ware'

From: GCIDE
  • Ware \Ware\, a. [OE. war, AS. w[ae]r. [root]142. See Wary.] A ware; taking notice; hence, wary; cautious; on one's guard. See Beware. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • She was ware and knew it bet [better] than he. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • Of whom be thou ware also. --2. Tim. iv. 15. [1913 Webster]
  • He is ware enough; he is wily and circumspect for stirring up any sedition. --Latimer. [1913 Webster]
  • The only good that grows of passed fear Is to be wise, and ware of like again. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Ware'

From: GCIDE
  • Ware \Ware\, n. [AS. waru caution.] The state of being ware or aware; heed. [Obs.] --Wyclif. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Ware'

From: GCIDE
  • Ware \Ware\, v. t. [As. warian.] To make ware; to warn; to take heed of; to beware of; to guard against. "Ware that I say." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • God . . . ware you for the sin of avarice. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • Then ware a rising tempest on the main. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'ware'

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Ware, MA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Massachusetts

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Ware, MA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Massachusetts
Population (2000) :
6174
Housing Units (2000) :
2906
Land area (2000) :
6.174500 sq. miles (15.991881 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.136136 sq. miles (0.352591 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
6.310636 sq. miles (16.344472 sq. km)
FIPS code :
72845
Located within :
Massachusetts (MA), FIPS 25
Location :
42.259965 N, 72.245841 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
01082
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Ware -- U.S. County in Georgia

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Ware -- U.S. County in Georgia
Population (2000) :
35483
Housing Units (2000) :
15831
Land area (2000) :
902.293304 sq. miles (2336.928831 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
4.018689 sq. miles (10.408357 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
906.311993 sq. miles (2347.337188 sq. km)
Located within :
Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
Location :
31.205650 N, 82.412807 W

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