📖 W — The English dictionary · page 31

worst — Everyday, meaning 1: Worst means the most bad of all.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The worst is the most bad thing that can happen.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: At worst means if things go as badly as they can.↗ Example: Her worst score was 6.↗ · In the worst case, how many must you pick?↗ · Which day had the worst weather?↗ · His worst time was 12 seconds.↗ · That was the worst film I have ever seen.↗ · The worst part of the trip was the long wait.↗ · Hope for the best and plan for the worst.↗ · At worst, we will be ten minutes late.↗ · He was the worst king that England ever had.↗ · God made all things as this one compared to that one: [note 1: [Ecclesiastes 7:14]] good compared to evil, better and best and a worse and worst.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗ · Wherefore I will bring the worst of the nations, and they shall possess their houses; I will also make the pride of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be profaned.↗ (Prophets EZK.7.24, JPS 1917)↗

wort — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: An old word for a plant or herb, used in the name of a plant such as saltwort.↗ Example: They pluck salt-wort with wormwood; and the roots of the broom are their food.↗ (Writings JOB.30.4, JPS 1917)↗

worth — Everyday, meaning 1: Worth tells how much money something could be sold for: «a dime is worth 10 cents».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: «Worth it» or «worth doing» means good enough to spend the time, money or effort.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A person's worth is how valuable or important they are.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: «10 dollars' worth of» means as much as 10 dollars buys.↗ Example: A dime is worth 10 cents.↗ · The house is worth 200,000 dollars.↗ · How much are 5 coins worth?↗ · She bought 30 dollars' worth of food.↗ · The long walk was worth it for the view.↗ · The museum is worth a visit.↗ · It is worth checking your answer again.↗ · Each gold star is worth 2 points.↗ · It is quite worth while trying.’↗ · 'My lord, hearken unto me: a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver, what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.'↗ (Torah GEN.23.15, JPS 1917)↗ · then the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy valuation unto the year of jubilee; and he shall give thy valuation in that day, as a holy thing unto the LORD.↗ (Torah LEV.27.23, JPS 1917)↗ · Be this as it may, it is worth while to know the extravagant hypotheses which ancient Jewish philosophers and theologians framed as soon as they began to contemplate and to reason, endeavoring to combine oriental and Greek theories.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · The tongue of the righteous is as choice silver; the heart of the wicked is little worth.↗ (Writings PRO.10.20, JPS 1917)↗ · 'Son of man, prophesy, and say: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Wail ye: Woe worth the day!↗ (Prophets EZK.30.2, JPS 1917)↗ · And if it be not so now, who will prove me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?↗ (Writings JOB.24.25, JPS 1917)↗

worthily — Everyday, meaning 1: In a way that deserves honour or respect; with the right kind of quality for a role.↗ Example: The queen ruled worthily for many years.↗ · He wore the crown worthily.↗ · She tried to behave worthily in front of the guests.↗ · The LORD make the woman that is come into thy house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel; and do thou worthily in Ephrath, and be famous in Beth-lehem; (Writings RUT.4.11, JPS 1917)↗

worthless — Everyday, meaning 1: Having no value or use; not worth any money.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (of a person, unkind) Feeling or being treated as having no value.↗ Example: The old painting turned out to be not worthless but very valuable.↗ · Fake gold is worthless.↗ · The ticket was worthless after the show had ended.↗ · His promises were worthless because he never kept them.↗ · No one is worthless; everybody matters.↗ · The coins were worthless in the new country.↗ · The casket was splendid, but the contents were worthless.↗ · Burnet, Early Greek Pliitosopliy, page 99) that "all that has come down to us under the names of various disciples of Pythagoras is pure forgery, of the most worthless kind.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗ · Woe to the worthless shepherd that leaveth the flock!↗ (Prophets ZEC.11.17, JPS 1917)↗

worthwhile — Everyday, meaning 1: Worth the time, effort or money you spend; useful or good to do.↗ Example: Practising every day is worthwhile.↗ · Helping at the food bank was a worthwhile thing to do.↗ · The long walk was worthwhile for the view.↗ · It's worthwhile checking your work before you hand it in.↗ · Is it worthwhile paying more for the bigger box?↗ · They did some worthwhile work for the charity.↗

worthy — Everyday, meaning 1: Deserving respect, praise or attention: a worthy winner.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Worthy of something means deserving it: worthy of a prize.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Good and useful, but sometimes a bit dull: a worthy cause, a worthy book.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (noun, old or jokey) An important person: the local worthies.↗ Example: She was a worthy winner of the race.↗ · The story is worthy of a prize.↗ · We raised money for a worthy cause.↗ · «Worthy is the Lamb,» sang the choir.↗ · Prove yourself worthy of their trust.↗ · The town's worthies met in the hall.↗ · Is the old boat still seaworthy?↗ · But the following statement is worthy of notice.↗ · And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree; (Torah DEU.21.22, JPS 1917)↗ · But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death; for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so is this matter.↗ (Torah DEU.22.26, JPS 1917)↗ · I am not worthy of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which Thou hast shown unto Thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two camps.↗ (Torah GEN.32.10, JPS 1917)↗ · He bethinketh himself of his worthies; they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the mantelet is prepared.↗ (Prophets NAM.2.6, JPS 1917)↗ · But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my peace, for the adversary is not worthy that the king be endamaged.'↗ (Writings EST.7.4, JPS 1917)↗ · Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria, thy worthies are at rest; thy people are scattered upon the mountains, and there is none to gather them.↗ (Prophets NAM.3.18, JPS 1917)↗

wot — Early Modern English, meaning 1: I know; I am aware.↗ Example: He replied: “Dear uncle, heavy news, God wot!”↗ (English Fairy Tales) · "Silly maiden, thy words make a lot Of a very small matter; For fear of my valour, I wot, His armour will clatter.↗ (Indian Fairy Tales)

wouldest — Early Modern English, meaning 1: You would; a form of "will" used with "thou" in the past or in wishing.↗ Example: and seest among the captives a woman of goodly form, and thou hast a desire unto her, and wouldest take her to thee to wife;↗ (Torah DEU.21.11, JPS 1917) · ‘By the hand of my friend,’ answered Kai, ‘often dost thou utter that with thy tongue which thou wouldest not make good with thy deeds.’↗ (The Lilac Fairy Book) · And Abimelech said: 'What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might easily have lain with thy wife, and thou wouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.'↗ (Torah GEN.26.10, JPS 1917)

wouldst — Early Modern English, meaning 1: You would; a form of "will" used with "thou" in the past or in wishing.↗ Example: Methought thou wouldst not let me go alive.↗ (Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales) · And wouldst thou then read everything that is written?↗ (Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales) · Methought thou wouldst tear me in pieces with thy dogs.↗ (Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales)

wound — Everyday, meaning 1: A wound (said «woond») is an injury where the skin or body is cut, broken or damaged, especially by a weapon or sharp object.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To wound is to hurt someone so they get a wound; it can also mean to hurt someone's feelings.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Wound (said «wownd», rhyming with «round») is the past form of «wind»: you wind a clock or a string, and yesterday you wound it.↗ Example: The nurse cleaned the wound on my knee.↗ · Press a clean cloth on the wound to stop the bleeding.↗ · The soldier had a wound on his arm.↗ · The bird was wounded, so we called the animal rescue.↗ · His unkind words wounded her feelings.↗ · I wound the wool into a ball.↗ · The road wound up the hill like a snake.↗ · She was so wound up before the test that she couldn't sleep.↗ · “And with what was he wounded?”↗ · burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.↗ (Torah EXO.21.25, JPS 1917)↗ · And Lamech said unto his wives: Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech; for I have slain a man for wounding me, and a young man for bruising me; (Torah GEN.4.23, JPS 1917)↗ · See now that I, even I, am He, and there is no god with Me; I kill, and I make alive; I have wounded, and I heal; and there is none that can deliver out of My hand.↗ (Torah DEU.32.39, JPS 1917)↗ · My wounds are noisome, they fester, because of my foolishness.↗ (Writings PSA.38.6, JPS 1917)↗ · Who healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.↗ (Writings PSA.147.3, JPS 1917)↗ · For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.↗ (Writings PSA.109.22, JPS 1917)↗

woven — Everyday, meaning 1: Made by weaving: crossing threads, strips or stems over and under each other.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (of a story or ideas) Joined together closely: a story woven from many tales.↗ Example: The basket was woven from willow.↗ · The spider had woven a huge web overnight.↗ · We made a woven mat from strips of paper in art.↗ · This scarf is woven from wool.↗ · Many old tales are woven into the book.↗ · A woven pattern goes over, under, over, under.↗ · He wore a loin cloth of woven sweet grass.↗ · And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue; (Torah EXO.39.22, JPS 1917)↗ · And they made the tunics of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and for his sons, (Torah EXO.39.27, JPS 1917)↗ · And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the tunic, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the skilfully woven band of the ephod.↗ (Torah EXO.29.5, JPS 1917)↗ · and thou didst take thy richly woven garments and cover them, and didst set Mine oil and Mine incense before them.↗ (Prophets EZK.16.18, JPS 1917)↗ · She shall be led unto the king on richly woven stuff; the virgins her companions in her train being brought unto thee.↗ (Writings PSA.45.15, JPS 1917)↗ · I clothed thee also with richly woven work, and shod thee with sealskin, and I wound fine linen about thy head, and covered thee with silk.↗ (Prophets EZK.16.10, JPS 1917)↗

wow — Everyday, meaning 1: (exclamation) Said when you are surprised, amazed or impressed.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (verb, informal) To impress someone greatly: «She wowed the judges».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (noun, informal) A great success: «The show was a wow».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (sarcastic) Used to show you are not impressed: «Wow, thanks a lot».↗ Example: Wow, look at that rainbow!↗ · «Wow, you got full marks!»↗ · The magician wowed the audience.↗ · The new playground has a real wow factor.↗ · Use some wow words in your story to make it exciting.↗ · «Wow, thanks for eating all the chips,» said Lily crossly.↗ · The dancers wowed the judges at the competition.↗ · Wow, but it's a fine feeling to be so smart!"↗

wrack — Everyday, meaning 1: Wrack is seaweed, especially the brown seaweed that grows on rocks or is washed up on the beach (bladder wrack, toothed wrack).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: «Wrack and ruin» (also «rack and ruin») means a state of falling to pieces from neglect.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Wrack is sometimes used as a spelling of «rack» in «wracked with pain» (tormented by).↗ Example: We popped the air bubbles on the bladder wrack in the rock pool.↗ · The tide left a line of wrack along the beach.↗ · The old farmhouse went to wrack and ruin.↗ · She was wracked with worry when her cat went missing.↗ · Crabs hide under the wet wrack on the rocks.↗ · The spelling test was nerve-wracking.↗

wrangle — Everyday, meaning 1: To argue noisily and for a long time, often about something small, and not agree.↗ Example: The two boys wrangled over the last cake.↗ · They wrangled all afternoon about who owned the boat.↗ · Do not wrangle; take turns instead.↗