WORKED

Definition: WORKED

WORKED

Imperative & past participle

1. Of Work

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "WORKED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Preparation

Ripe, mature, mellow; pukka; practiced; (skilled); labored, elaborate, highly-wrought, smelling of the lamp, worked up.

Resentment

Offended; Verb: waxy, acharne; wrought, worked up; indignant, hurt, sore; set against.

Crosswords: WORKED

I haven't worked that out yet. But I'm sure groveling will be involved (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin.)

Crime's my baaag. I got this caper worked out ta the last detail (Sleuth; writing credit: Anthony Shaffer)

I worked at a smorgasbord, and the old people would flock there, and they loved to eat, and they'd just jam their mouths, you know (Say Anything; writing credit: Cameron Crowe.)

Well that worked real good (True Lies; writing credit: Claude Zidi; Simon Michaël)

That would have worked if you didn't stop me. (Ghostbusters; writing credit: Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis.)

And my poor mother worked the mines (Stoney end; performing artist: Barbra Streisand)

If we worked hard (Allentown; performing artist: Billy Joel)

But you cheated on me and that's worked out now (Hit 'em up Style (Oops!); performing artist: Blu Cantrell)

Rainy night and they worked all day (Born To Be My Baby; performing artist: Bon Jovi)

We could have worked things out (From The Bottom Of My Broken Heart; performing artist: Britney Spears)

I worked in a shoe factory; I tried, but I just didn't fit in. (references; author: unknown)

My parents worked hard to give us everything money could not buy. (references; author: unknown)

You work for a defense contractor if you sat at the same desk for 3 years and worked for 3 different companies. (references; author: unknown)

After many years of trying to find steady work, I worked as a historian--until I realized there was no future in it. (references; author: unknown)

When asked by his boss why he only worked four days a week, the employee replied: "Because I can't manage on three days a week. (references; author: unknown)

The Pigeon That Worked a Miracle (1958)

A Poor Excuse That Worked (1912)

Water Worked (1995)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• The 2000 Import and Export Market for Worked Lead and Lead Alloys in Africa (reference)

• The World Market for Simply Worked Wood and Wood Railway Sleepers: A 2003 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

• The 2000 Import and Export Market for Worked Zinc and Zinc Alloys in Europe (reference)

• The 2002 World Forecasts of Worked or Prepared Breakfast Cereal Grains Export Supplies (reference)

• The 2003 World Forecasts of Worked or Prepared Breakfast Cereal Grains Export Supplies (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Basic Biochemical Laboratory Procedures and Computing: With Principles, Review Questions, Worked Examples, and Spreadsheet Solutions (reference)

• Essays That Worked for Business Schools: 35 Essays from Successful Applications to the Nation's Top Business Schools (reference)

• High Rise: How 1,000 Men and Women Worked Around the Clock for Five Years and Lost $200 Million Building a Skyscraper (reference)

• Mistakes That Worked (reference)

• The Irony of Vietnam: The System Worked (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Industrial Earnings And Hours Worked (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Music

• Art of Savoyard Singers Who Worked with Gilbert & Sullivan (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Min Chiu Li worked with Roy Hertz and treated choriocarcinoma with large doses of methotrexate. Li left NCI for NYC. Credit: Unknown photographer.

Shown are four scientists conferring over a DNA gel. The scientists, featured in the video "Driving Forces" are Douglas Clark, Drs. Suzannah Gal, Robert Fleischmann and Bruce Troen who worked in NCI's Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology in 1987. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).

27 year old white female with cutaneous anthrax on right forearm; patient had worked in a spinning department of a goat hair processing plant for 3 years; lesion as seen on 12th day. Credit: CDC.

Since the program's establishment in 1951, EIS officers have worked on more than 10,000 studies and investigations. Each year, EIS officers assist with approximately 100 investigations requested by states and other countries. Credit: CDC.

Army surveyor with odometer carriage Survey of public lands Odometer worked fairly well on flat ground. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

South Farallon Islands as sketched by Army Captain William P. Trowbridge Trowbridge was the West Coast tides party chief He later worked for the Coast Survey in a civilian capacity. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Dave Meyer in the "marsh boots" he designed to walk on the marsh platform. They worked. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Gentle draft horses were used to transport wood to the sensitive regions of the upper river where heavy machinery would have been inappropriate. The horses were less expensive and worked in conjunction with the spyder to minimize disturbance to the stream bed and riparian buffer areas. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Figure 16. Combination water sampling bottle and sounder designed by John Y. Buchanan after his return from the Challenger expedition in 1877. This instrument worked better than preceding models for water sampling and was used regularly by Prince Albert I of Monaco. The first tests took place on board the PRINCESS ALICE in 1894 off Morocco in 2782 meters water depth. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 23. Kohler thermometers. These instruments were constructed by Fritz Kohler, who worked notably for the Wilhelm Ostwald Institute at Leipzig. He fabricated these models more or less following the design of Richter's thermometer. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

This form of Socialism has, moreover, been worked out into complete systems. (reference)

The period from August 1, 1914, until the coming into force of the present Treaty shall be excluded in considering the time within which a patent should be worked or a trade mark or design used, and it is further agreed that no patent, registered trade mark or design in force on August 1, 1914, shall be subject to revocation or cancellation by reason only of the failure to work such patent or use such trade mark or design for two years after the coming into force of the present Treaty. (reference)

All my public life I have worked for a strong France and I never lost faith in her destiny, even in the darkest hours. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Ford!" he said, "there's an infinite number of monkeys outside who want to talk to us about this script for Hamlet they've worked out!"

This very slight change had worked a revolution

He worked and slept in a curious rhythm that nevertheless sufficed him.

I had worked two chairs with my knife, the sorrel nag helping me in the grosser and more laborious part

I had already bought the shanty of James Collins, an Irishman who worked on the Fitchburg Railroad, for boards

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Ask about what has worked for other patients. (references)

This method has worked well in both Europe and Canada. (references)

When your kidneys were healthy, they worked around the clock to remove wastes from your blood. (references)

Business

Only 30% of Mexico's entire arable surface is worked with motor-driven vehicles. (references)

China also worked vigorously to expand its relations with the countries of Southeast Asia. (references)

The only entity, which has worked out a plan to deal with tires, is the Gorazdze cement plant. (references)

Children

Guatemala

Because the accused worked for Sosa, the latter recused himself from the case. (references)

Pakistan

The Punjab government also worked closely with both international and local NGO's to improve primary and secondary education. (references)

Mozambique

There are few job opportunities for persons with disabilities in the formal sector, although the 1997 census reported that 55 percent of such persons worked or held a job. (references)

Civil Liberties

Namibia

There also were reports of government pressure on reporters who worked for the government-owned media. (references)

Niger

Foreign missionaries worked freely, but their organizations must be registered officially as associations. (references)

Mozambique

On December 5, riot police violently dispersed a demonstration by citizens who formerly worked in East Germany. (references)

Economic History

Armenia

Many of them worked for defense projects in the past. (references)

Oman

However, exceptions to the rules are worked out in certain cases. (references)

Czech Rep

Both Amway's multi-level and Lux's one-level marketing approaches have worked here. (references)

Human Rights

Korea

The approximately 1,800 inmates in this particular camp typically worked 16 to 17 hours a day. (references)

Guatemala

Ford worked on mental health projects with war victims in Quiche and participated in the REHMI project. (references)

Belarus

Zakharenko, Gonchar, and Zavadsky had worked for the Government Lukashenka prior to joining the opposition. (references)

Indigenous People

Malaysia

The trial of a group of five Iban tribesmen charged with the 1999 killing in Sarawak of four Chinese workers who worked for a company that was encroaching on their land ended in September. (references)

Minorities

Estonia

By law the following classes of persons are ineligible for naturalization: Those filing on the basis of false data or documents; those not abiding by the constitutional system or not fulfilling the laws; those who have acted against the State and its security; those convicted of felonies; those who work or have worked in the intelligence or security services of a foreign state; or those who served as career soldiers in the armed forces of a foreign state, including those discharged into the reserves or retired. (references)

Political Economy

Vietnam

There were reports that children worked in exploitative situations. (references)

Political Rights

Taiwan

Early in the year, it worked to ensure fair Farmer's Association elections, investigating 330 suspected vote-buying cases. (references)

Armenia

In many precincts, election officials, candidates' proxies, and domestic observers worked together to provide transparent voting and counting procedures. (references)

Romania

Roma are underrepresented in Parliament because of low Roma voter turnout and internal divisions that worked against the consolidation of votes for one candidate, organization, or party. (references)

Trade

Russia

By now the procedures are more or less worked out. (references)

Saudi Arabia

Unusual cases should be worked out on a case-by-case basis with Saudi Customs. (references)

Ireland

This approval allows the deferral of duty on goods while they are being worked on or stored. (references)

Women

Czech Republic

The Interior Ministry estimates that up to 25,000 persons worked in the sex industry during the year. (references)

China

Lower retirement ages have the effect of reducing pensions, which generally are based on years worked. (references)

Kuwait

She had worked for this family for over a year, during which time she reported that her employers did not feed her regularly and withheld her salary. (references)

Worker Rights

Afghanistan

Most persons worked in the informal sector. (references)

Niger

A local NGO, Timidria, worked actively against this practice. (references)

France

One-fourth of all salaried employees worked for the Government. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "WORKED": elaborately worked out ♦ get worked up ♦ hours worked ♦ time worked ♦ worked up. Additional references.

Beginning with "WORKED": worked-not, worked-on, worked-out, worked-over, worked-through, worked-up.

Ending with "WORKED": hard-worked, over-worked, re-worked, well-worked.

Containing "WORKED": well-worked-out.

Chinese 

工作 (Job, Jobs, Work, Working, workings, works). (various references)

Danish

haerdet ved koldhamring (cold hammered, cold worked, hammer-hardened, strain-hardened), Arbejdsgruppe vedroerende arbejdstidens virkninger paa arbejdssikkerheden, isaer ved belastende og sundhedsfarligt Arbejde (with Special Reference to Difficult and Unhealthy Workings, Working Party on Effects on Safety of Hours Worked), arbejdstime (hour of work, hour worked), bearbejdet aedelsten (worked precious stone), bearbejdet halvaedelsten (worked semi-precious stone), bearbejdet naturperle (worked pearl), bearbejdet overflade (generated surface, worked surface), bearbejdet sten (worked stone), betalte,men ikke udførte timer såsom betalt årlig ferie,betalte feriedage,betalt sygeorlov (hours which are paid but not worked, or sick-leave with pay, public holidays with pay, such as annual holidays with pay), brydværdighed (workable condition, worthiness of being worked), de fleste logs er der et stort,umiddelbart behov for lige efter at en boring er foretaget eller et borehul er restaureret,og under begge disse operationer cirkuleres der normalt borevaeske i borehullet (and during both of these operations drilling mud is customarily circulated in the well bore, most logs are urgently needed just after a well has been drilled, or worked over), dybtliggende kullag kan vanskelligt drives fra stoller, hvorfor brydning maa foregaa ud fra lodrette skakter (and have therefore to be worked from vertical shafts, deeper-lying seams cannot conveniently be worked from drifts), et karakteristisk traek ved austenittens struktur i de smedede chromnikkelstaal er som for de fleste FCC metaller tvillingerne (as it is in most of the face-centered cubic metals, the characteristic microstructure of the austenite in hot worked chromium-nickel steels is the twinned structure), fridag (day not worked, day off, hit-and-miss, holiday, non-working day, skips-in-dressing, skips-in-planing, skips-in-surfacing), arbejde gennembrud (clear, open, open worked), mulighederne for at benytte vandindsproejtning, som udgaar fra sidegangene til brydningsrummet, er begraenset til et antal specifikke brydningsmetoder : ved tilbagerykkende brydningsfront og ved saakaldte Z-metode (applications of infusion from the gate-roads are limited to faces worked in retreat and Z-workings), tid,der på arbejdspladsen bruges til ting som forberedelse af arbejdspladsen,reparation-og vedligeholdelsesarbejde,forberedelse og rengøring af værktøj samt udarbejdelse af kvitteringer,arbejdssedler og beretninger (and the making out of receipts, invoices, records of the length of time worked and other reports, repair and maintenance work, the preparation and cleaning of tools, time which is spent at the place of work on tasks such as preparing the site), strukturer,der minder om underkorngraenser,og som optraeder i varmvalset eller koldvalset og anloebet ferrit tilskrives samme aarsag (similar effects to sub-grain boundaries, which occur in hot worked or cold worked and annealed ferrite are attributed to the same cause), ploejestrimmel (furrow slice, worked strip), paa brudfladen i deformerede produkter ses fnug som lyse linser,hvis diameter ligger mellem 1 mm og nogle centimeter (the diameter of which varies from 1 mm to several centimetres, the flakes show up on the fracture surface of worked products as pale lenses), normalt brydes kullagene i raekkefoelge, idet man begynder i det oeverste lag (starting with the uppermost, the seams are worked is descending order), gennembrudt (clear, open, open worked), naar ferritten i bloedt,svagt kolddeformeret staal indeholder tvillinger og sliplinier,kan der ske normal rekrystallisation paa de kraftigst deformerede steder (normal recrystallization can occur at the most worked spots, when the ferrite of lightly cold-worked mild steels contains twins and slip lines), højt belastet (heavy-loaded, highly worked), kun 7% af alle rum i kullaget brydes langs haeldende fronter (only about 7 % of all coal faces are worked on retreat), koldhamret (cold hammered, cold worked, hammer-hardened, strain-hardened), i lavkullede,varmvalsede og gloedede staal forekommer ferritten i strukturen som ulige store og uregelmaessigt formede,polyedriske krystaller (ferrite forms as polygonal grains of irregular shape and different sizes, hot worked and annealed steel, in the microstructure of low-carbon), i grovvaerket valses blokkene til slabs eller halvfabrikata (ingots are worked to slabs or semi-finished products by means of roughing mills), naturforekomsterne udvindes,træerne fældes og afgrøderne høstes (minerals worked, or crops harvested, timber felled). (various references)

Dutch

afgezaagd (commonplace, dismal, hackneyed, hard-worked, stale, trite, worn-out). (various references)

Esperanto

tede banala (hackneyed, hard-worked, stale, trite, worn-out). (various references)

Finnish

viilu (veneer), vapaapäivä (day off, holiday), työtunti (hour of work, hour worked), olla kuohuksissa (be agitated, be worked up), käy käsivoimalla (is worked by hand). (various references)

French

travaillai, travaillées, travaillâmes, travailla. (various references)

Frisian

ôfseage (hackneyed, hard-worked, stale, trite, worn-out). (various references)

German

gearbeitet (operated, wrought), arbeitete (labored). (various references)

Greek 

χάρτης περιεκτικότητας κοιτάσματος (showing value of a deposit to be worked), οι εφαρμογές έγχυσης από τις στοές εισόδου του εργοταξίου περιορίζονται στην εξόρυξη οπισθοχωρούντων μετώπων και στα μέτωπα εξορυσσώμενα (applications of infusion from the gate-roads are limited to faces worked in retreat and Z-workings), οι περισσότερες από τις διαγραφήσεις απαιτούνται επειγόντως αμέσως μετά την διάνοιξη ή την αποπεράτωση του πηγαδιού.Κατά τη διάρκεια των � (and during both of these operations drilling mud is customarily circulated in the well bore, most logs are urgently needed just after a well has been drilled, or worked over), οι νιφάδες εμφανίζονται στην επιφάνεια της ρωγμής κατεργασμένων προϊόντων ως ανοικτόχρωμοι φακοί,η διάμετρος των οποίων ποικίλει απο 1 mm μ (the diameter of which varies from 1 mm to several centimetres, the flakes show up on the fracture surface of worked products as pale lenses), ορισμένες δομές ανάλογες των διαχωριστικών επιφανειών υποκρυσταλλιτών οι οποίες παρατηρούνται σε φερρίτες που κατεργάσθηκαν εν θερμώ ή ε (similar effects to sub-grain boundaries, which occur in hot worked or cold worked and annealed ferrite are attributed to the same cause), τα πλινθώματα γίνονται ημικατεργασμένα προϊόντα ή ημιπροϊόντα με συστοιχίες εκχονδριστικών ελασμάτων (ingots are worked to slabs or semi-finished products by means of roughing mills), αζούρ (azure, clear, open, open worked), λωρίς αρόσεως (furrow slice, worked strip), επιφάνεια κατεργασμένη (worked surface), εξόρυξη (mining), εξόρυξη μεταλλευμάτων,κοπή ξυλείας και συγκομιδή των καρπών (minerals worked, or crops harvested, timber felled), εργατώρα (hour of work, hour worked), η φυσιολογική σειρά απολήψεως του κοιτάσματος είναι εκ των άνω προς τα κάτω,αρχής γενομένης εκ της στρώσεως παρά την οροφήν του κοιτάσματο� (starting with the uppermost, the seams are worked is descending order), 7 % μόνον των μετώπων γαιάνθρακα εξορύσονται με την μέθοδο των συμπτυσσόμενων μετώπων (only about 7 % of all coal faces are worked on retreat), ημέρα ανεργίας (day not worked, day off, non-working day), ώρες για τις οποίες καταβάλλεται αμοιβή χωρίς να προσφέρεται εργασία,όπως είναι η ετήσια άδεια και οι επίσημες αργίες με αποδοχές ή η αναρρ (hours which are paid but not worked, or sick-leave with pay, public holidays with pay, such as annual holidays with pay), χρόνος που δαπανάται στον τόπο εργασίας για εργασίες όπως η προετοιμασία και ο καθαρισμός των εργαλείων,η έκδοση αποδείξεων,τιμολογίων,η σ (and the making out of receipts, invoices, records of the length of time worked and other reports, repair and maintenance work, the preparation and cleaning of tools, time which is spent at the place of work on tasks such as preparing the site), πολύτιμη πέτρα κατεργασμένη (worked precious stone), πάνω σε μία εγκατάσταση γεωτρήσεως στην ξηρά,κοντά σε μία αστική ζώνη,ο ρυθμός της καθημερινής συνεχούς εργασίας περιλαμβάνει τρεις βάρδι� (three 8-hour shifts or tours(pronounced towers)per day are normally worked on a land rig close to civilisation;on more remote locations with living quarters and on offshore rigs 12-hour tours are worked, with provision for regular time off), προκειμένου περί μεγάλους βάθους,η χρήσις των οριζοντίων ή των κεκλιμένων προσπελάσεων είναι δυσχερής,οπότε η προσπέλασις επτιυγχάνεται � (and have therefore to be worked from vertical shafts, deeper-lying seams cannot conveniently be worked from drifts), μαργαριτάρι φυσικό κατεργασμένο (worked pearl), μια τυπική μορφή της ωστενιτικής δομής σε χρωμονικελιούχους χάλυβες θερμοκρασίας είναι η παρουσία διδύμων,φαινόμενο χαρακτηριστικό των μ (as it is in most of the face-centered cubic metals, the characteristic microstructure of the austenite in hot worked chromium-nickel steels is the twinned structure), στην μικροδομή του κοινού χάλυβα ύστερα από θερμή κατεργασία και ανόπτηση ο φερρίτης σχηματίζεται με την μορφή πολυγωνικών κρυσταλλιτών α (ferrite forms as polygonal grains of irregular shape and different sizes, hot worked and annealed steel, in the microstructure of low-carbon), σφυρηλατημένος εν ψυχρώ (cold hammered, cold worked, hammer-hardened, strain-hardened), όταν ο φερρίτης ελαφρώς ψυχρηλαθέντων μαλακών χαλύβων περιέχει διδυμίες και γραμμές ολίσθησης,κανονική ανακρυστάλλωση μπορεί να λάβει χώ (normal recrystallization can occur at the most worked spots, when the ferrite of lightly cold-worked mild steels contains twins and slip lines), όρυξη στοάς εκ δύο διαμετρικά αντίθετων μετώπων (tunnels worked by counter excavation), κατεργασμένη πέτρα (worked stone), ημιπολύτιμη πέτρα κατεργασμένη (worked semi-precious stone). (various references)

Hungarian

dolgoztam (I worked as long as I could), amíg csak tudtam (I worked as long as I could), amíg csak tehettem (I worked as long as I could), amíg csak bírtam (I worked as long as I could). (various references)

Italian

lavorato (carved, cultivated, finished, tooled, wrought). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

忙殺 (worked to death). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

きおう (the past, to be eager, to get worked up, to rouse oneself), きがたつ (to be excited about, to get all worked up about), しゅうぎょうにっすう (days worked), ぼうさつされる (to be very busily occupied, to be worked to death), ぼうさつ (deliberate murder, wilful murder, worked to death), かどうじかん (number of hours worked). (various references)

Korean 

일하는 (labored, laboured). (various references)

Manx

obbrit (forged, operated, wrought), laborit. (various references)

Pig Latin

orkedway.(various references)

Portuguese

pérola natural trabalhada (worked pearl), as possibilidades de emprego de processos de injecção a partir das vias de acesso são limitadas às explorações em retirada (applications of infusion from the gate-roads are limited to faces worked in retreat and Z-workings), certas estruturas,análogas aos sub-limites dos grãos que aparecem nas ferrites deformadas a quente ou deformadas a frio e revenidas,têm a mesma origem (similar effects to sub-grain boundaries, which occur in hot worked or cold worked and annealed ferrite are attributed to the same cause), dia de descanso laboral (day not worked, day off, non-working day), escavação do túnel em sentido inverso (tunnels worked by counter excavation), gema trabalhada (worked precious stone), hora de trabalho (hour of work, hour worked), horas remuneradas mas não trabalhadas,tais como as férias anuais pagas,os dias feriados pagos,as licenças por doenças pagas (hours which are paid but not worked, or sick-leave with pay, public holidays with pay, such as annual holidays with pay), momento em que se procede à exploração das matérias minerais,ao abate das árvores e às colheitas (minerals worked, or crops harvested, timber felled), a ordem normal de exploração das camadas é descendente,começando pela camada mais ao tecto (starting with the uppermost, the seams are worked is descending order), o acesso por galerias em flanco de encosta não é convenientemente para grandes profundidades de exploração,sendo então mais apropriada a abertura de poços verticais (and have therefore to be worked from vertical shafts, deeper-lying seams cannot conveniently be worked from drifts), tempo despendido no local de trabalho em tarefas como:preparação do local de trabalho,trabalhos de reparação e manutenção,preparação e limpeza de utensílios,preenchimento de recibos e facturas,de registo de duração de operações e de outros re (and the making out of receipts, invoices, records of the length of time worked and other reports, repair and maintenance work, the preparation and cleaning of tools, time which is spent at the place of work on tasks such as preparing the site), passa-se do lingote ao produto semiacabado em transportadores desbastadores (ingots are worked to slabs or semi-finished products by means of roughing mills), pedra preciosa trabalhada (worked precious stone), pedra semipreciosa trabalhada (worked semi-precious stone), perfurado (clear, open, open worked, perforated), somente cerca de 7% dos desmontes de carvão são efectuados em retirada (only about 7 % of all coal faces are worked on retreat), superfície lavrada (worked surface), superfície ornada (worked surface), superfície ornamentada (worked surface), superfície trabalhada (worked surface), nos aços de fraco teor em carbono,após deformação a quente e recozimento,a ferrite apresenta-se com uma estrutura cristalina poliédrica irregular e tamanhos diferentes (ferrite forms as polygonal grains of irregular shape and different sizes, hot worked and annealed steel, in the microstructure of low-carbon). (various references)

Russian 

работать (lucubrate, operate, work). (various references)

Spanish

trabajo/. (various references)

Swedish

arbetad (finished, manufactured). (various references)

Tswana

dira (do, practice). (various references)

Turkish

işlenmiş (cultivated, finished, refined, wrought). (various references)

Xhosa

ndasebenza (I worked). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words ending with "WORKED": interworked, networked, outworked, overworked, reworked, topworked, unworked. (additional references)

Misspellings

"WORKED" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Tworkov, wieked, worce, wored, woried, worken, wroce. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: dower, rowed.

-2 letters: doer, dore, dork, drek, drew, kore, owed, redo, rode, woke, word, wore, work.

-3 letters: dew, doe, dor, dow, kor, ode, oke, ore, owe, red, rod, roe, row, wed, woe, wok.

-4 letters: de, do, ed, er, od, oe, or, ow, re, we, wo.

+1 letter: keyword.

+2 letters: beadwork, headwork, keywords, leadwork, reworked, rockweed, unworked.

+3 letters: beadworks, breakdown, fieldwork, headworks, leadworks, networked, outworked, rockweeds, spadework, swordlike, topworked.

+4 letters: breakdowns, bridgework, checkrowed, dockworker, donkeywork, downstroke, fieldworks, handworker, hoodwinker, meadowlark, needlework, overworked, peckerwood, powderlike, spadeworks, wonderwork, woodpecker, woodworker.

+5 letters: bridgeworks, corkscrewed, dockworkers, donkeyworks, downstrokes, handworkers, hoodwinkers, interworked, meadowlarks, needleworks, peckerwoods, trickledown, wonderworks, woodpeckers, woodworkers.