Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter W - Page 41
Worm (n.) Same as Vermes.
Worm (n.) An internal tormentor; something that gnaws or afflicts one's mind with remorse.
Worm (n.) A being debased and despised.
Worm (n.) Anything spiral, vermiculated, or resembling a worm
Worm (n.) The thread of a screw.
Worm (n.) A spiral instrument or screw, often like a double corkscrew, used for drawing balls from firearms.
Worm (n.) A certain muscular band in the tongue of some animals, as the dog; the lytta. See Lytta.
Worm (n.) The condensing tube of a still, often curved and wound to economize space. See Illust. of Still.
Worm (n.) A short revolving screw, the threads of which drive, or are driven by, a worm wheel by gearing into its teeth or cogs. See Illust. of Worm gearing, below.
Wormed (imp. & p. p.) of Worm
Worming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Worm
Worm (v. i.) To work slowly, gradually, and secretly.
Worm (v. t.) To effect, remove, drive, draw, or the like, by slow and secret means; -- often followed by out.
Worm (v. t.) To clean by means of a worm; to draw a wad or cartridge from, as a firearm. See Worm, n. 5 (b).
Worm (n.) To cut the worm, or lytta, from under the tongue of, as a dog, for the purpose of checking a disposition to gnaw. The operation was formerly supposed to guard against canine madness.
Worm (n.) To wind rope, yarn, or other material, spirally round, between the strands of, as a cable; to wind with spun yarn, as a small rope.
Wormal (n.) See Wormil.
Worm-eaten (a.) Eaten, or eaten into, by a worm or by worms; as, worm-eaten timber.
Worm-eaten (a.) Worn-out; old; worthless.
Wormed (a.) Penetrated by worms; injured by worms; worm-eaten; as, wormed timber.
Wormhole (n.) A burrow made by a worm.
Wormian (a.) Discovered or described by Olanus Wormius, a Danish anatomist.
Wormil (n.) Any botfly larva which burrows in or beneath the skin of domestic and wild animals, thus producing sores. They belong to various species of Hypoderma and allied genera. Domestic cattle are often infested by a large species. See Gadfly. Called also warble, and worble.
Wormil (n.) See 1st Warble, 1 (b).
Wormling (n.) A little worm.
Wormseed (n.) Any one of several plants, as Artemisia santonica, and Chenopodium anthelminticum, whose seeds have the property of expelling worms from the stomach and intestines.
Worm-shaped (a.) Shaped like a worm; /hick and almost cylindrical, but variously curved or bent; as, a worm-shaped root.
Worm-shell (n.) Any species of Vermetus.
Wormul (n.) See Wornil.
Wormwood (n.) (Bot.) 【植】苦艾 A composite plant (Artemisia Absinthium), having a bitter and slightly aromatic taste, formerly used as a tonic and a vermifuge, and to protect woolen garments from moths. It gives the peculiar flavor to the cordial called absinthe. The volatile oil is a narcotic poison. The term is often extended to other species of the same genus.
Wormwood (n.) 苦惱；悔恨 Anything very bitter or grievous; bitterness.
Lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood. -- Deut. xxix. 18.
{Roman wormwood} (Bot.), an American weed ({Ambrosia artemisiaefolia}); hogweed.
{Tree wormwood} (Bot.), a species of Artemisia (probably {Artemisia variabilis}) with woody stems.
{Wormwood hare} (Zool.), a variety of the common hare ({Lepus timidus}); -- so named from its color.
Wormwood (n.) Any of several low composite herbs of the genera Artemisia or Seriphidium.
Wormwood (n.) Heb. la'anah, the Artemisia absinthium of botanists. It is noted for its intense bitterness (Deut. 29:18; Prov. 5:4; Jer. 9:15; Amos 5:7). It is a type of bitterness, affliction, remorse, punitive suffering. In Amos 6:12 this Hebrew word is rendered "hemlock" (R.V., "wormwood"). In the symbolical language of the Apocalypse (Rev. 8:10, 11) a star is represented as falling on the waters of the earth, causing the third part of the water to turn wormwood.
The name by which the Greeks designated it, absinthion, means "undrinkable." The absinthe of France is distilled from a species of this plant. The "southernwood" or "old man," cultivated in cottage gardens on account of its fragrance, is another species of it.
Wormy (a.) 有蟲的；蟲多的；蟲蛀的；似蟲的；卑躬屈膝的 Containing a worm; abounding with worms. "Wormy beds." -- Shak.
Wormy (a.) Like or pertaining to a worm; earthy; groveling.
Wormy (a.) Infested with or damaged (as if eaten) by worms [syn: {vermiculate}, {worm-eaten}, {wormy}].
Wormy (a.) Totally submissive [syn: {cringing}, {groveling}, {grovelling}, {wormlike}, {wormy}].
Worn () p. p. of {Wear}.
{Worn land}, Land that has become exhausted by tillage, or which for any reason has lost its fertility.
Worn (a.) 用舊的，磨壞的；精疲力盡的，憔悴的 Affected by wear; damaged by long use; "worn threads on the screw"; "a worn suit"; "the worn pockets on the jacket" [ant: {new}].
Worn (a.) Showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering; "looking careworn as she bent over her mending"; "her face was drawn and haggard from sleeplessness"; "that raddled but still noble face"; "shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face"- Charles Dickens [syn: {careworn}, {drawn}, {haggard}, {raddled}, {worn}].
Wornil (n.) See Wormil.
Worn-out (a.) Consumed, or rendered useless, by wearing; as, worn-out garments.
Worral (n.) Alt. of Worrel
Worrel (n.) An Egyptian fork-tongued lizard, about four feet long when full grown.
Worrier (n.) One who worries.
Worriment (n.) Trouble; anxiety; worry.
Worriment (n.) A difficulty that causes anxiety. (Syn.) Troublesomeness, Inconvenience.
Examples:
To him, everything was a worriment, and his anxiety increased every day.
Worrisome (a.) 令人煩惱的；悶悶不樂的 Inclined to worry or fret; also, causing worry or annoyance.
Worrisome (a.) Not reassuring; tending to cause anxiety [syn: {unreassuring}, {worrisome}] [ant: {reassuring}].
Worrisome (a.) Causing distress or worry or anxiety; "distressing (or disturbing) news"; "lived in heroic if something distressful isolation"; "a disturbing amount of crime"; "a revelation that was most perturbing"; "a new and troubling thought"; "in a particularly worrisome predicament"; "a worrying situation"; "a worrying time" [syn: {distressing}, {distressful}, {disturbing}, {perturbing}, {troubling}, {worrisome}, {worrying}].
Worrit (v. t.) To worry; to annoy.
Worrit (n.) Worry; anxiety.
Worried (imp. & p. p.) of Worry
Worrying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Worry
Worry (v. t.) To harass by pursuit and barking; to attack repeatedly; also, to tear or mangle with the teeth.
Worry (v. t.) To harass or beset with importunity, or with care an anxiety; to vex; to annoy; to torment; to tease; to fret; to trouble; to plague.
Worry (v. t.) To harass with labor; to fatigue.
Worry (v. i.) To feel or express undue care and anxiety; to manifest disquietude or pain; to be fretful; to chafe; as, the child worries; the horse worries.
Worries (n. pl. ) of Worry
Worry (n.) A state of undue solicitude; a state of disturbance from care and anxiety; vexation; anxiety; fret; as, to be in a worry.
Worryingly (adv.) In a worrying manner.
Worse (compar.) Bad, ill, evil, or corrupt, in a greater degree; more bad or evil; less good; specifically, in poorer health; more sick; -- used both in a physical and moral sense.
Worse (n.) Loss; disadvantage; defeat.
Worse (n.) That which is worse; something less good; as, think not the worse of him for his enterprise.
Worse (a.) In a worse degree; in a manner more evil or bad.
Worse (v. t.) To make worse; to put disadvantage; to discomfit; to worst. See Worst, v.
Worsen (v. t.) To make worse; to deteriorate; to impair.
Worsen (v. t.) To get the better of; to worst.
Worsen (v. i.) To grow or become worse.
Worser (a.) Worse.
Worship (v. i.) 做禮拜； 熱愛； 愛慕； 崇拜（尤指達到看不到缺點的地步） To perform acts of homage or adoration; esp., to perform religious service.
Our fathers worshiped in this mountain; and ye say that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. -- John iv. 20.
Was it for this I have loved . . . and worshiped in silence? -- Longfellow.
Worship (n.) [U] 崇拜；敬仰；敬神；禮拜，禮拜儀式；【英】（用作尊稱）閣下 Excellence of character; dignity; worth; worthiness. [Obs.] -- Shak.
A man of worship and honour. -- Chaucer.
Elfin, born of noble state, And muckle worship in his native land. -- Spenser.
Worship (n.) Honor; respect; civil deference. [Obs.]
Of which great worth and worship may be won. -- Spenser.
Then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee. -- Luke xiv. 10.
Worship (n.) Hence, a title of honor, used in addresses to certain magistrates and others of rank or station.
My father desires your worships' company. -- Shak.
Worship (n.) The act of paying divine honors to the Supreme Being; religious reverence and homage; adoration, or acts of reverence, paid to God, or a being viewed as God. "God with idols in their worship joined." -- Milton.
The worship of God is an eminent part of religion, and prayer is a chief part of religious worship. -- Tillotson.
Worship (n.) Obsequious or submissive respect; extravagant admiration; adoration.
'T is your inky brows, your black silk hair, Your bugle eyeballs, nor your cheek of cream, That can my spirits to your worship. -- Shak.
Worship (n.) An object of worship.
In attitude and aspect formed to be At once the artist's worship and despair. -- Longfellow.
Devil worship, Fire worship, Hero worship, etc. See under Devil, Fire, Hero, etc.
Worshiped (imp. & p. p.) of Worship
Worshipped () of Worship
Worshiping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Worship
Worshipping () of Worship
Worship (v. t.) 崇拜；敬重；愛慕；信奉 To respect; to honor; to treat with civil reverence. [Obsoles.] -- Chaucer.
Our grave . . . shall have a tongueless mouth, Not worshiped with a waxen epitaph. -- Shak.
This holy image that is man God worshipeth. -- Foxe.
Worship (v. t.) To pay divine honors to; to reverence with supreme respect and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honor of; to adore; to venerate.
But God is to be worshiped. -- Shak.
When all our fathers worshiped stocks and stones. -- Milton.
Worship (v. t.) To honor with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize.
With bended knees I daily worship her. -- Carew.
Syn: To adore; revere; reverence; bow to; honor.
Worship (n.) The activity of worshipping
Worship (n.) A feeling of profound love and admiration [syn: worship, adoration].
Worship (v.) Love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol; "Many teenagers idolized the Beatles" [syn: idolize, idolise, worship, hero-worship, revere].
Worship (v.) Show devotion to (a deity); "Many Hindus worship Shiva".
Worship (v.) Attend religious services; "They worship in the traditional manner".
Worshipability (n.) The quality of being worthy to be worshiped. [R.] -- Coleridge.
Worshipability (n.) Capability of being worshiped; worthiness of veneration.
Compare: Capability
Capability (n.) (Capabilities) (Often capability of doing/ to do something) 能力，才能 [C] [U] [（+for/ of）] [+to-v]；性能，功能；耐受力 [C] [U]；潛力，未展現的特色 [P] [（+as）] The power or ability to do something.
‘He had an intuitive capability of bringing the best out in people.’
‘The company's capability to increase productivity.’
Capability (n.) (Often Capabilities) The extent of someone's or something's ability.
‘The job is beyond my capabilities.’
Capability (n.) A facility on a computer for performing a specified task.
‘A graphics capability.’
Capability (n.) Forces or resources giving a country the ability to undertake a particular kind of military action.
‘Their nuclear weapons capability.’
Compare: Worthiness
Worthiness (n.) [U] [Mass noun] 值得尊重，可敬佩；有價值 The quality of being good enough; suitability.
‘He demonstrates his worthiness to rule.’
‘You proved your worthiness as a leader.’
‘How do you go about assessing the worthiness of a book proposal?’
Worthiness (n.) [U] [Mass noun] The quality of deserving attention or respect.
‘An argument about the moral worthiness of the nation's founders.’
‘Doubts about the worthiness of writing novels.’
Compare: Veneration
Veneration (n.) [Mass noun] 尊敬 Great respect; reverence.
‘The traditional veneration of saints.’
Worshipable (a.) Capable of being worshiped; worthy of worship.
Worshiper (n.) One who worships; one who pays divine honors to any being or thing; one who adores.
Worshipper (n.) [ C ] (UK) (US usually worshiper) (Religion) 崇拜上帝的人；做禮拜的人 Someone who goes to a religious ceremony to worship God.
// At 11 a.m. on Sunday morning, worshippers began to stream out of the cathedral.
Worshipper (n.) [ C ] (UK) (US usually worshiper) (Religion) 敬神者；崇拜者 Someone who worships and performs religious ceremonies to a particular god or object.
// Devil/ idol worshippers.
Worshipper (n.) [ C ] (Enjoy) (Informal) （對…）狂熱崇拜者，極度癡狂的人 Someone who enjoys or values a particular thing very much or too much.
// Sun worshippers.
Worshipful (a.) Entitled to worship, reverence, or high respect; claiming respect; worthy of honor; -- often used as a term of respect, sometimes ironically.
Worst (a.) Bad, evil, or pernicious, in the highest degree, whether in a physical or moral sense. See Worse.
Worst (n.) That which is most bad or evil; the most severe, pernicious, calamitous, or wicked state or degree.
Worsted (imp. & p. p.) of Worst
Worsting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Worst
Worst (a.) To gain advantage over, in contest or competition; to get the better of; to defeat; to overthrow; to discomfit.
Worst (v. i.) To grow worse; to deteriorate.
Worsted (n.) Well-twisted yarn spun of long-staple wool which has been combed to lay the fibers parallel, used for carpets, cloth, hosiery, gloves, and the like.
Worsted (n.) Fine and soft woolen yarn, untwisted or lightly twisted, used in knitting and embroidery.
Wort (n.) A plant of any kind.
Wort (n.) Cabbages.
Wort (n.) An infusion of malt which is unfermented, or is in the act of fermentation; the sweet infusion of malt, which ferments and forms beer; hence, any similar liquid in a state of incipient fermentation.
Worth (v. i.) To be; to become; to betide; -- now used only in the phrases, woe worth the day, woe worth the man, etc., in which the verb is in the imperative, and the nouns day, man, etc., are in the dative. Woe be to the day, woe be to the man, etc., are equivalent phrases.
Worth (a.) Valuable; of worthy; estimable; also, worth while.
Worth (a.) Equal in value to; furnishing an equivalent for; proper to be exchanged for.
Worth (a.) Deserving of; -- in a good or bad sense, but chiefly in a good sense.
Worth (a.) Having possessions equal to; having wealth or estate to the value of.
Worth (a.) That quality of a thing which renders it valuable or useful; sum of valuable qualities which render anything useful and sought; value; hence, often, value as expressed in a standard, as money; equivalent in exchange; price.
Worth (a.) Value in respect of moral or personal qualities; excellence; virtue; eminence; desert; merit; usefulness; as, a man or magistrate of great worth.
Worthful (a.) Full of worth; worthy; deserving.
Worthily (adv.) In a worthy manner; excellently; deservedly; according to merit; justly; suitably; becomingly.
Worthiness (n.) The quality or state of being worthy; desert; merit; excellence; dignity; virtue; worth.