📖 W — The English dictionary · page 34

writing — Everyday, meaning 1: The activity or skill of putting words on paper or a screen.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Words that are written.↗ e.g. "There was writing on the wall."↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A person's handwriting.↗ e.g. "I can't read your writing."↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Books, stories, poems or articles that someone has written; "writings" are someone's written works.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: The job of being a writer.↗ Example: We did some creative writing about a dragon.↗ · Your writing is much neater this term.↗ · I can't read the writing on this old letter.↗ · Please put your complaint in writing.↗ · Roald Dahl's writing makes children laugh.↗ · She is writing a story about her cat.↗ · The writing on the board was too small to see.↗ · After losing six games, the writing was on the wall for the team.↗ · And that means a lot of writing to the papers and things.↗ · And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.↗ (Torah EXO.32.16, JPS 1917)↗ · And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished, (Torah DEU.31.24, JPS 1917)↗ · And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like the engravings of a signet: HOLY TO THE LORD.↗ (Torah EXO.39.30, JPS 1917)↗ · Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the interdict.↗ (Writings DAN.6.10, JPS 1917)↗ · And this is the writing that was inscribed: MENE MENE, TEKEL UPHARSIN.↗ (Writings DAN.5.25, JPS 1917)↗ · then was the palm of the hand sent from before Him, and this writing was inscribed.↗ (Writings DAN.5.24, JPS 1917)↗

written — Everyday, meaning 1: Written means put down in words or numbers on paper or a screen.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A written test or message is one done in writing, not spoken.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Written by tells who wrote a book or song.↗ Example: She has written 12 pages.↗ · How is 305 written in words?↗ · He has written 3 letters each day.↗ · The written test has 20 questions.↗ · The book was written by Roald Dahl.↗ · Write the answer; a written answer is easier to check.↗ · The note was written in pencil.↗ · Seven written as a numeral is 7.↗ · Written down in the Novgorod Government.↗ · therefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curse that is written in this book; (Torah DEU.29.27, JPS 1917)↗ · Yet now, if Thou wilt forgive their sin — ; and if not, blot me, I pray Thee, out of Thy book which Thou hast written.'↗ (Torah EXO.32.32, JPS 1917)↗ · Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will the LORD bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.↗ (Torah DEU.28.61, JPS 1917)↗ · Oh that my words were now written!↗ (Writings JOB.19.23, JPS 1917)↗ · Is not this written in the book of Jashar?↗ (Prophets JOS.10.13, JPS 1917)↗ · Behold, it is written in the book of Jashar: (Prophets 2SA.1.18, JPS 1917)↗

wrong — Everyday, meaning 1: Wrong means not right or not correct.↗ Two plus two is five is a wrong answer.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Wrong means not the one you wanted or needed: the wrong bus.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Wrong also means bad or unfair: it is wrong to steal.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Something wrong is a problem: what is wrong with the car?↗ Everyday, meaning 5: To wrong someone is to treat them unfairly.↗ Example: Sam got 3 questions wrong on the test.↗ · Lily answered 18 right and 2 wrong.↗ · She dialed the wrong number.↗ · Find the wrong step in Tom's sum.↗ · We took the wrong turn and got lost.↗ · It is wrong to take things that are not yours.↗ · What is wrong?↗ You look sad.↗ · Something went wrong with the printer.↗ · Being wrong is part of learning.↗ · And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not do him wrong.↗ (Torah LEV.19.33, JPS 1917)↗ · And if thou sell aught unto thy neighbour, or buy of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not wrong one another.↗ (Torah LEV.25.14, JPS 1917)↗ · And ye shall not wrong one another; but thou shalt fear thy God; for I am the LORD your God.↗ (Torah LEV.25.17, JPS 1917)↗ · O LORD, Thou hast seen my wrong; judge Thou my cause.↗ (Writings LAM.3.59, JPS 1917)↗ · He suffered no man to do them wrong, yea, for their sake He reproved kings: (Writings 1CH.16.21, JPS 1917)↗ · The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have wronged the poor and needy, and have oppressed the stranger unlawfully.↗ (Prophets EZK.22.29, JPS 1917)↗

wrongdoer — Everyday, meaning 1: A wrongdoer is a person who does something bad or against the law.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (Bible, formal) In older and church language, wrongdoers are sinners — people who do wrong in God's eyes.↗ Example: The police wanted to find the wrongdoer quickly.↗ · The judge said wrongdoers must pay for the damage.↗ · In the story, the knight chased the wrongdoer through the forest.↗ · Jesus ate with sinners and wrongdoers.↗ · Our teacher said the wrongdoer should own up.↗ · Should a wrongdoer always be punished, or sometimes forgiven?↗

wrongdoing — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) Bad or illegal behaviour; doing something wrong.↗ Example: The players denied any wrongdoing.↗ · He was cleared of wrongdoing after the inquiry.↗ · The thief finally admitted his wrongdoing.↗ · Cheating in a test is a wrongdoing.↗ · She reported the wrongdoing to the head teacher.↗ · A wrongdoer is someone who does wrong.↗

wrongful — Everyday, meaning 1: Wrongful means unfair, unjust or against the law (formal, law).↗ Example: He sued for wrongful arrest.↗ · The court said it was wrongful dismissal.↗ · The family won a wrongful death case.↗ · The wrongful punishment upset the class.↗ · She fought her wrongful conviction.↗ · The judge corrected the wrongful decision.↗

wrongfully — Everyday, meaning 1: Wrongfully means unfairly or against the law (formal, law).↗ Example: He was wrongfully accused of stealing.↗ · She was wrongfully imprisoned for years.↗ · The worker was wrongfully dismissed.↗ · The dog was wrongfully blamed for the mess.↗ · They were wrongfully punished.↗ · The court freed the wrongfully convicted man.↗ · They were now on their way to Greece, in hopes of getting back a kingdom that had been wrongfully taken from their father.↗ · Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.↗ (Writings JOB.21.27, JPS 1917)↗ · But mine enemies are strong in health; and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.↗ (Writings PSA.38.20, JPS 1917)↗ · Let not them that are wrongfully mine enemies rejoice over me; neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.↗ (Writings PSA.35.19, JPS 1917)↗

wrongly — Everyday, meaning 1: In a way that is not correct; by mistake (spelled wrongly).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In a way that is unfair or morally wrong (wrongly blamed).↗ Example: The word was spelled wrongly on the poster.↗ · He was wrongly blamed for breaking the window.↗ · I added the numbers wrongly, so I got the wrong answer.↗ · Rightly or wrongly, she decided to leave early.↗ · The letter was wrongly delivered to our house.↗ · The thief was caught and the man who was wrongly accused was set free.↗

wrongness — Everyday, meaning 1: The quality of being morally wrong or unfair.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The quality of being incorrect or not as it should be: «a feeling of wrongness».↗ Example: She understood the wrongness of what she had done.↗ · There was a strange wrongness about the empty house.↗ · We discussed the wrongness of cheating.↗ · He felt a sense of wrongness when the dog didn't bark.↗ · The wrongness of the answer was clear when we checked it.↗

wroth — Everyday, meaning 1: Wroth means very angry.↗ (old use, in fairy tales).↗ Early Modern English, meaning 1: Very angry.↗ Example: The king grew wroth when he heard the news.↗ · He became wroth and made haste to pursue them.↗ · The giant was wroth with the boy.↗ · Nothing for maths.↗ · And Jacob was wroth, and strove with Laban.↗ (Torah GEN.31.36, JPS 1917)↗ · And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.↗ (Torah GEN.4.5, JPS 1917)↗ · And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah, ye made the LORD wroth.↗ (Torah DEU.9.22, JPS 1917)↗ · God heard, and was wroth, and He greatly abhorred Israel; (Writings PSA.78.59, JPS 1917)↗ · But when king David heard of all these things, he was very wroth.↗ (Prophets 2SA.13.21, JPS 1917)↗ · Thou canst not have utterly rejected us, and be exceeding wroth against us!↗ (Writings LAM.5.22, JPS 1917)↗ · And Jacob was wroth, and strove with Laban.↗ (Torah GEN.31.36, JPS 1917) · The Voyvode waxed wroth, and demanded a divorce.↗ (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) · And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.↗ (Torah GEN.4.5, JPS 1917)

wrought — Everyday, meaning 1: (old, formal) An old past form of «work», meaning made, shaped or caused: «The storm wrought great damage.».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In «wrought iron»: iron that has been heated and hammered into shape, used for gates, railings and fences.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In «wrought up» or «overwrought»: very upset, nervous or worked up.↗ Early Modern English, meaning 1: Made, shaped, or caused something to happen.↗ Example: The park has beautiful wrought-iron gates.↗ · The flood wrought havoc in the town.↗ · The blacksmith wrought the iron into a horseshoe.↗ · The finely wrought silver cup was in the museum.↗ · She was all wrought up before the concert.↗ · War wrought great changes in people's lives.↗ · «What hath God wrought» was the first message sent by Morse code over a long line.↗ · Our man paused when he beheld what he had wrought.↗ · And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels.↗ (Torah NUM.31.51, JPS 1917)↗ · and in all the mighty hand, and in all the great terror, which Moses wrought in the sight of all Israel.↗ (Torah DEU.34.12, JPS 1917)↗ · And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they wrought.↗ (Torah EXO.36.4, JPS 1917)↗ · Who hath wrought and done it?↗ (Prophets ISA.41.4, JPS 1917)↗ · Or who hath said: 'Thou hast wrought unrighteousness'?↗ (Writings JOB.36.23, JPS 1917)↗ · When the foundations are destroyed, what hath the righteous wrought?↗ (Writings PSA.11.3, JPS 1917)↗ · And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels.↗ (Torah NUM.31.51, JPS 1917) · Our man paused when he beheld what he had wrought.↗ (The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault) · and in all the mighty hand, and in all the great terror, which Moses wrought in the sight of all Israel.↗ (Torah DEU.34.12, JPS 1917)

wry — Everyday, meaning 1: A wry smile or wry face is a twisted smile or face that shows dislike, doubt or mixed feelings.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Wry humour is dry and a little mocking.↗ Example: He gave a wry smile when he was told the news.↗ · She made a wry face at the bitter medicine.↗ · "Pinocchio made a wry face," the story says.↗ · Nothing for maths.↗

wu — Everyday, meaning 1: (Mandarin, pinyin) «Wǔ» means «five»: «wǔ» 五.↗ It sounds like «woo» to an English ear.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (Mandarin, pinyin) «Wǔ» can also mean «dance» or «noon» (wǔfàn, lunch), and «wú» can mean «not have, none».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (a name) Wu is a common Chinese family name.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Wu Chinese is a group of Chinese varieties spoken around Shanghai.↗ It is not an English word.↗ Example: In Mandarin, «wǔ» means five.↗ · We counted «yī, èr, sān, sì, wǔ» in our Chinese club.↗ · «Wǔfàn» means lunch in Mandarin.↗ · My classmate's surname is Wu.↗ · In Shanghai some people speak Wu Chinese at home.↗ · Wu sounds like «woo», but the tone matters.↗

wuss — Everyday, meaning 1: (slang, mildly rude) A person who is seen as weak, scared or not brave.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Wuss is an old country way of saying worse.↗ Example: Don't be a wuss, the water's not that cold!↗ · He called me a wuss for not going on the big ride.↗ · I'm a total wuss about spiders.↗ · Stop calling your brother a wuss.↗ · Only a wuss would quit now, said the bully.↗ · It's not wussy to wear a helmet, it's smart.↗ · An' dey got wuss nex' day.↗

www — Everyday, meaning 1: www stands for «World Wide Web», the system of linked pages and sites you visit on the internet with a web browser.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: It often appears at the start of website addresses.↗ Example: Type www and then the name of the website.↗ · The address starts with www.↗ · www means World Wide Web.↗ · The internet carries the World Wide Web, email and much more.↗ · Ask a grown-up before you visit a new www address.↗ · Dad read out the web address: www, dot, then the name.↗ · Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net↗ · Source: https://www.sefaria.org/api/v3/texts/Sefer%20Yetzirah%20Gra%20Version?version=english%7CSefer+Yezirah%2C+trans.↗ +by+Isidor+Kalisch.↗ +New+York%2C+1877 Sefaria versionTitle: Sefer Yezirah, trans. by Isidor Kalisch.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · Source: https://www.sefaria.org/api/v3/texts/Sefer%20Yetzirah?version=english%7CSefaria+Community+Translation Sefaria versionTitle: Sefaria Community Translation↗ · license: CC0↗ · versionSource: https://www.sefaria.org (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗