Etymology : Middle English werken, worken, from Old English wyrcan; akin to Old English weorc
Pronunciation :
Function : verb
Date : before 12th century
1. processed; forged; shaped; molten; cast (e.g. iron). wrought\wrought\ , imp. & p. p. of work. alas that i was wrought [created]!wrought \wrought\, a. worked; elaborated; not rough or crude.wrought iron. see:
under iron.wrought shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort); "a shaped handgrip"; "the molded steel plates"; "the wrought silver bracelet" [syn: shaped, molded].
2. imp. & p. p. of Work.
3. Worked; elaborated; not rough or crude.
4. Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically, physical labor.
5. The matter on which one is at work; that upon which one spends labor; material for working upon; subject of exertion; the thing occupying one; business; duty; as, to take up one's work; to drop one's work.
6. That which is produced as the result of labor; anything accomplished by exertion or toil; product; performance; fabric; manufacture; in a more general sense, act, deed, service, effect, result, achievement, feat.
7. That which is produced by mental labor; a composition; a book; as, a work, or the works, of Addison.
8. Flowers, figures, or the like, wrought with the needle; embroidery.
9. Structures in civil, military, or naval engineering, as docks, bridges, embankments, trenches, fortifications, and the like; also, the structures and grounds of a manufacturing establishment; as, iron works; locomotive works; gas works.
10. The moving parts of a mechanism; as, the works of a watch.
11. Manner of working; management; treatment; as, unskillful work spoiled the effect.
12. The causing of motion against a resisting force.
13. The amount of work is proportioned to, and is measured by, the product of the force into the amount of motion along the direction of the force.
14. See Conservation of energy, under Conservation, Unit of work, under Unit, also Foot pound, Horse power, Poundal, and Erg.
15. Ore before it is dressed.
16. Performance of moral duties; righteous conduct.
17. To exert one's self for a purpose; to put forth effort for the attainment of an object; to labor; to be engaged in the performance of a task, a duty, or the like.
18. Hence, in a general sense, to operate; to act; to perform; as, a machine works well.
19. Hence, figuratively, to be effective; to have effect or influence; to conduce.
20. To carry on business; to be engaged or employed customarily; to perform the part of a laborer; to labor; to toil.
21. To be in a state of severe exertion, or as if in such a state; to be tossed or agitated; to move heavily; to strain; to labor; as, a ship works in a heavy sea.
22. To make one's way slowly and with difficulty; to move or penetrate laboriously; to proceed with effort; with a following preposition, as down, out, into, up, through, and the like; as, scheme works out by degrees; to work into the earth.
23. To ferment, as a liquid.
24. To act or operate on the stomach and bowels, as a cathartic.
25. To labor or operate upon; to give exertion and effort to; to prepare for use, or to utilize, by labor.
26. To produce or form by labor; to bring forth by exertion or toil; to accomplish; to originate; to effect; as, to work wood or iron into a form desired, or into a utensil; to work cotton or wool into cloth.
27. To produce by slow degrees, or as if laboriously; to bring gradually into any state by action or motion.
28. To influence by acting upon; to prevail upon; to manage; to lead.
29. To form with a needle and thread or yarn; especially, to embroider; as, to work muslin.
30. To set in motion or action; to direct the action of; to keep at work; to govern; to manage; as, to work a machine.
31. To cause to ferment, as liquor.
32. Break; twist.
33. The causing of motion against a resisting force, measured by the product of the force into the component of the motion resolved along the direction of the force.
34. Ore before it is dressed. activity directed toward making or doing something; "she checked several points needing further work" a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing; "it is not regarded as one of his more memorable works"; "the symphony was hailed as an ingenious work"; "he was indebted to the pioneering work of John Dewey"; "the work of an active imagination"; "erosion is the work of wind or water over time" a manifestation of energy; the transfer of energy from one physical system to another expressed as the product of a force and the distance through which it moves a body in the direction of that force; "work equals force times distance" arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion; "The stitches of the hem worked loose after she wore the skirt many times" move into or onto; "work the raisins into the dough"; "the student worked a few jokes into his presentation"; "work the body onto the flatbed truck" shape, form, or improve a material; "work stone into tools"; "process iron"; "work the metal" gratify and charm, usually in order to influence; "the political candidate worked the crowds" move in an agitated manner; "His fingers worked with tension" provoke or excite; "The rock musician worked the crowd of young girls into a frenzy" proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity; "work your way through every problem or task"; "She was working on her second martini when the guests arrived"; "Start from the bottom and work towards the top" cause to work; "he is working his servants hard" be employed; "Is your husband working again?"; "My wife never worked"; "Do you want to work after the age of 60?"; "She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money"; "She works as a waitress to put herself through college" exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; "I will work hard to improve my grades"; "she worked hard for better living conditions for the poor" cause to operate or function; "This pilot works the controls"; "Can you work an electric drill?" operate in or through; "Work the phones" have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected; "The voting process doesn't work as well as people thought"; "How does your idea work in practice?"; "This method doesn't work"; "The breaks of my new car act quickly"; "The medicine works only if you take it with a lot of water" operate in a certain place, area, or specialty; "She works the night clubs"; "The salesman works the Midwest"; "This artist works mostly in acrylics" behave in a certain way when handled; "This dough does not work easily"; "The soft metal works well".
35. 1. If something has wrought a change, it has made it happen. Events in Paris wrought a change in British opinion towards France and Germany. see also:
wreak. the past tense and past participle of wreak.
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