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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

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

2. commodities offered for sale;
- Example: "good business depends on having good merchandise"
- Example: "that store offers a variety of products"
[syn: merchandise, ware, product]


VERB (1)

1. spend extravagantly;
- Example: "waste not, want not"
[syn: consume, squander, waste, ware]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ware \Ware\, n. [AS. waru caution.] The state of being ware or aware; heed. [Obs.] --Wyclif. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ware \Ware\, obs. imp. of Wear. Wore. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ware \Ware\, v. t. (Naut.) To wear, or veer. See Wear. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

ware n 1: articles of the same kind or material; usually used in combination: `silverware', `software' 2: commodities offered for sale; "good business depends on having good merchandise"; "that store offers a variety of products" [syn: merchandise, ware, product] v 1: spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not" [syn: consume, squander, waste, ware]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

45 Moby Thesaurus words for "ware": alive, apprehensive, article, article of commerce, article of merchandise, au courant, awake, catalog goods, cognizant, commodities, commodity, conscious, consumer goods, consumer items, conversant, drug, effects, feature, goods, goods for sale, inventory, item, job lot, knowing, lead item, leader, line, line of goods, loss leader, mail-order goods, merchandise, product, seconds, sensible, sideline, special, standard article, staple, staple item, staples, stock, stock-in-trade, vendible, vendibles, wares
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):

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 Headwords: Ware Ware, GA Ware County Ware County, GA
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

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. Headwords: Ware, MA Ware