Definition of wrought

"wrought" in the verb sense

1. work

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"

2. work, do work

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"

3. work, act

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"

4. function, work, operate, go, run

perform as expected when applied

"The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in"

"Does this old car still run well?"

"This old radio doesn't work anymore"

5. work, work on, process

shape, form, or improve a material

"work stone into tools"

"process iron"

"work the metal"

6. exercise, work, work out

give a workout to

"Some parents exercise their infants"

"My personal trainer works me hard"

"work one's muscles"

"this puzzle will exercise your mind"

7. make, work

proceed along a path

"work one's way through the crowd"

"make one's way into the forest"

8. work

operate in a certain place, area, or specialty

"She works the night clubs"

"The salesman works the Midwest"

"This artist works mostly in acrylics"

9. work

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"

10. work

move in an agitated manner

"His fingers worked with tension"

11. bring, work, play, wreak, make for

cause to happen or to occur as a consequence

"I cannot work a miracle"

"wreak havoc"

"bring comments"

"play a joke"

"The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area"

12. work, put to work

cause to work

"he is working his servants hard"

13. cultivate, crop, work

prepare for crops

"Work the soil"

"cultivate the land"

14. work

behave in a certain way when handled

"This dough does not work easily"

"The soft metal works well"

15. influence, act upon, work

have and exert influence or effect

"The artist's work influenced the young painter"

"She worked on her friends to support the political candidate"

16. work

operate in or through

"Work the phones"

17. work

cause to operate or function

"This pilot works the controls"

"Can you work an electric drill?"

18. work

provoke or excite

"The rock musician worked the crowd of young girls into a frenzy"

19. work

gratify and charm, usually in order to influence

"the political candidate worked the crowds"

20. shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge

make something, usually for a specific function

"She molded the rice balls carefully"

"Form cylinders from the dough"

"shape a figure"

"Work the metal into a sword"

21. work

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"

22. knead, work

make uniform

"knead dough"

"work the clay until it is soft"

23. exploit, work

use or manipulate to one's advantage

"He exploit the new taxation system"

"She knows how to work the system"

"he works his parents for sympathy"

24. solve, work out, figure out, puzzle out, lick, work

find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of

"did you solve the problem?"

"Work out your problems with the boss"

"this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out"

"did you get it?"

"Did you get my meaning?"

"He could not work the math problem"

25. ferment, work

cause to undergo fermentation

"We ferment the grapes for a very long time to achieve high alcohol content"

"The vintner worked the wine in big oak vats"

26. sour, turn, ferment, work

go sour or spoil

"The milk has soured"

"The wine worked"

"The cream has turned

27. work

arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion

"The stitches of the hem worked loose after she wore the skirt many times"

"wrought" in the adjective sense

1. shaped, molded, 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"

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Quotations for wrought

Thus at the flaming forge of life
Our fortunes must be wrought;
Thus on its sounding anvil shaped
Each burning deed and thought! [ Longfellow ]

Evil is wrought by want of thought
As well as want of heart. [ T. Hood ]

Whenever a noble deed is wrought.
Whenever is spoken a noble thought.
Our hearts, in glad surprise,
To higher levels rise. [ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ]

Around the mighty master came
The marvels which his pencil wrought
Those miracles of power whose fame
Is wide as human thought. [ Whittier ]

No greater mischief could be wrought
Than love united to a jealous thought. [ Greene ]

Earth's liquid jewelry, wrought of air. [ Bailey ]

On a lone winter evening, when the frost
Has wrought a silence. [ Keats ]

I have wrought great use out of evil tools. [ Edward Bulwer-Lytton ]

With curious art the brain, too finely wrought,
Preys on herself, and is destroyed by thought. [ Churchill ]

We understood
Her by her sight; her pure and eloquent blood
Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought.
That one might almost say her body thought. [ Donne ]

Live thou! and of the grain and husk, the grape,
And ivy berry, choose; and still depart
From death to death thro' life and life, and find
Nearer and ever nearer Him, who wrought
Not Matter, nor the finite-infinite,
But this main miracle, that thou art thou,
With power on thine own act and on the world. [ Alfred Tennyson ]

How is night's sable mantle labored over.
How richly wrought with attributes divine!
What wisdom shines! what love! this midnight pomp.
This gorgeous arch, with golden worlds inlaid!
Built with divine ambition. [ Young ]

Like the Grecian, woos the image he himself has wrought. [ Prior ]

More things are wrought by prayer than the world dreams of. [ Tennyson ]

So the miracle be wrought, what matter if the devil did it? [ Proverb ]

He never wrought a good day's work that went grumbling about it. [ Proverb ]

Where bright imagination reigns, the fine-wrought spirit feels acuter pains. [ Hannah More ]

Only what we have wrought into our character during life can we take away with us. [ Humboldt ]

The common mind is the true Parian marble, fit to be wrought into likeness to a god. [ George Bancroft ]

God never wrought miracles to convince atheism, because His ordinary works convince it. [ Bacon ]

It is only the finite that has wrought and suffered; the infinite lies stretched in smiling repose. [ Emerson ]

The eloquent blood spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought, you might have almost said her body thought. [ Donne ]

Lessons of wisdom have never such power over us as when they are wrought into the heart through the groundwork of a story. [ Sterne ]

Nothing has wrought more prejudice to religion, or brought more disparagement upon truth, than boisterous and unseasonable zeal. [ Barrow ]

Much of what is great, and to all men beneficial, has been wrought by those who neither intended nor knew the good they did; and many mighty harmonies have been discoursed by instruments that had been dumb and discordant but that God knew their stops. [ John Ruskin ]

wrought in Scrabble®

The word wrought is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 14

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters wrought:

WROUGHT
(106 = 56 + 50)

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wrought in Words With Friends™

The word wrought is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 15

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters wrought:

WROUGHT
(110 = 75 + 35)
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OUGHT
(26)
GROWTH
(26)
THUG
(24)
OUGHT
(24)
TROUGH
(24)
HUG
(24)
UGH
(24)
HUG
(24)
TROUGH
(24)
GROUT
(24)

Words within the letters of wrought

2 letter words in wrought (6 words)

3 letter words in wrought (19 words)

4 letter words in wrought (11 words)

5 letter words in wrought (6 words)

6 letter words in wrought (2 words)

7 letter words in wrought (1 word)

wrought + 1 blank (1 word)

wrought + 2 blanks (2 words)

Words containing the sequence wrought

Words that start with wrought (2 words)

Words with wrought in them (1 word)

Words that end with wrought (4 words)

Word Growth involving wrought

Shorter words in wrought

ugh ought

ugh rough

Longer words containing wrought

handwrought

overwrought

unwrought

wroughtiron