wrought
Verb
- exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
- be employed
- have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
- perform as expected when applied
- shape, form, or improve a material
- give a workout to
- proceed along a path
- operate in a certain place, area, or specialty
- proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity
- move in an agitated manner
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- cause to work
- prepare for crops
- behave in a certain way when handled
- have and exert influence or effect
- operate in or through
- cause to operate or function
- provoke or excite
- gratify and charm, usually in order to influence
- make something, usually for a specific function
- move into or onto
- make uniform
- use or manipulate to one's advantage
- find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
- cause to undergo fermentation
- go sour or spoil
- arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion
- simple past and past participle of work
- simple past and past participle of wreak
Adjective Satellite
- shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort)
- "the wrought silver bracelet"
Adj
- Having been worked or prepared somehow.
General
- The past tense and past participle of 'work', especially in a crafted sense.
Examples
- Is that fence made out of wrought iron?
- The victory was wrought through careful planning and a bit of luck.
Origin / Etymology
The past participle of Middle English werken (“to work”), from Old English wyrċan (past tense worhte, past participle ġeworht), from Proto-West Germanic *wurkijan, from Proto-Germanic *wurkijaną (“to work”), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- (“to work”). Doublet of worked.
Cognate with wright (as in wheelwright etc.), Dutch gewrocht, archaic past participle of werken (archaic past tense wrocht), Low German wracht, archaic past participle of warken (archaic past tense wrach, archaic past participle wracht).
Synonyms
act, act upon, bring, crop, cultivate, do work, exercise, exploit, ferment, figure out, forge, form, function, go, influence, knead, lick, make, make for, mold, molded, mould, operate, play, process, put to work, puzzle out, run, shape, shaped, solve, sour, turn, work, work on, work out, wreak
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 14
wrought: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordwrought: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
wrought: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary