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worked

/wɝkt/

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What does worked mean?

verb

  1. simple past and past participle of work

adjective

  1. Designed or executed in a particular manner or to a particular degree.
  2. Processed in a particular way; prepared via labour.
More meanings (2)

adjective

  1. Decorated or embellished; embroidered.
  2. Prepared so as to demonstrate the steps required.

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IPA pronunciation

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When a woman chose to be a mother, she allowed the child-longing to grow within her till it worked its natural miracle.
Charlotte Perkins GilmanHerlandProject Gutenberg ebook #32
His white, well-kept hands were his result,—the evidence that he had worked out his life successfully in the way that pleased him.
Willa CatherThe Song of the LarkProject Gutenberg ebook #44
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When a disease has worked its way down to that level, it may fairly be said to be out of the system.
Mark TwainA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's CourtProject Gutenberg ebook #86
Elnora, born among such scenes, worked eagerly, but to the city man, recently from a hospital, they seemed too good to miss.
Gene Stratton-PorterA Girl of the LimberlostProject Gutenberg ebook #125
You might easily pick out these pacemakers, for they worked under the eye of the bosses, and they worked like men possessed.
Upton SinclairThe JungleProject Gutenberg ebook #140