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worked

[wurkt]

adjective

  1. that has undergone work. working.



worked

/ ɜː /

adjective

  1. made or decorated with evidence of workmanship; wrought, as with embroidery or tracery

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • unworked adjective
  • well-worked adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of worked1

First recorded in 1700–10; work + -ed 2
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Synonym Study

Worked, wrought both apply to something on which effort has been applied. Worked implies expended effort of almost any kind: a worked silver mine. Wrought implies fashioning, molding, or making, especially of metals: wrought iron.
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In his biography, Lewis devotes his book’s precious real estate to stories about how Manuel lived and worked, as opposed to the last tragic hours of his existence in a Winter Park, Florida, motel.

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Lecka worked at Riverside Nursery between January and June 2024, with a number of parents reporting unusual injuries and bruising in March and May that year.

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It said the new deal, which is still being worked on, was the "final blow" to its Vivergo Fuels Site at Saltend, near Hull.

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Additional firefighters worked the other edges of the field until it was encircled by strips of burned black grass.

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His widow, Kate Craig, who also worked at Jonathan Cape, said the publication of Boy was "on a very tight publication schedule".

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