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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Worry  \Wor"ry\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Worried};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Worrying}.]  [OE.  worowen  wirien  to  strangle,  AS  wyrgan  in 
  [=a]wyrgan;  akin  to  D.  worgen,  wurgen,  to  strangle,  OHG. 
  wurgen,  G.  w["u]rgen,  Lith.  verszti  and  perhaps  to  E. 
  wring.] 
  1.  To  harass  by  pursuit  and  barking;  to  attack  repeatedly; 
  also  to  tear  or  mangle  with  the  teeth. 
 
  A  hellhound  that  doth  hunt  us  all  to  death;  That  dog 
  that  had  his  teeth  before  his  eyes,  To  worry  lambs 
  and  lap  their  gentle  blood.  --Shak. 
 
  2.  To  harass  or  beset  with  importunity,  or  with  care  an 
  anxiety;  to  vex;  to  annoy;  to  torment;  to  tease;  to  fret; 
  to  trouble;  to  plague.  ``A  church  worried  with 
  reformation.''  --South. 
 
  Let  them  rail,  And  worry  one  another  at  their 
  pleasure.  --Rowe. 
 
  Worry  him  out  till  he  gives  consent.  --Swift. 
 
  3.  To  harass  with  labor;  to  fatigue.  [Colloq.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  worrying 
  adj  :  causing  distress  or  worry  or  anxiety;  "distressing  (or 
  disturbing)  news";  "lived  in  heroic  if  something 
  distressful  isolation";  "a  disturbing  amount  of  crime"; 
  "a  revelation  that  was  most  perturbing";  "a  new  and 
  troubling  thought";  "in  a  particularly  worrisome 
  predicament";  "a  worrying  situation";  "a  worrying  time" 
  [syn:  {distressing},  {distressful},  {disturbing},  {perturbing}, 
  {troubling},  {worrisome}] 
  n  1:  the  act  of  harassing  someone  [syn:  {badgering},  {torment},  {bedevilment}] 
  2:  the  act  of  moving  something  by  repeated  tugs  or  pushes; 
  "vigorous  worrying  finally  loosened  the  saw" 




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