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• worry — wor|ry1 W2S1 [ˈwʌri US ˈwə:ri] v past tense and past participle worried present participle worrying third person singular worries ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(be anxious)¦ 2 don t worry 3¦(make somebody anxious)¦ 4 not to worry 5 nothing to worry about …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• worry — wor|ry1 [ wʌri ] verb *** intransitive or transitive to feel nervous and upset because you keep thinking about a problem that you have or could have in the future: worry about: People worry more about their health than they used to. worry that:… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• worry at — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms worry at : present tense I/you/we/they worry at he/she/it worries at present participle worrying at past tense worried at past participle worried at British 1) worry at something if you worry at a problem, you …   English dictionary

• worry — vb Worry, annoy, harass, harry, plague, pester, tease, tantalize can all mean to torment so as to destroy one s peace of mind or to disturb one acutely. Worry stresses incessant attacking or goading and an intention or sometimes an effect of… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• worry — [wʉr′ē] vt. worried, worrying [ME wirwen < OE wyrgan, to strangle, injure, akin to Ger würgen, to strangle < IE * werĝh , to twist, choke < base * wer , to twist > WORM] 1. a) to harass or treat roughly with or as with continual… …   English World dictionary

• Something to Worry About — is a short story by P. G. Wodehouse, which first appeared in the United Kingdom in the February 1913 issue of the Strand . It was included in the UK collection The Man Upstairs , (1914), and later appeared in the United States in the collection… …   Wikipedia

• worry — 1 verb 1 BE ANXIOUS (I) to be anxious or unhappy about something so that you think about it a lot (+ about): You ve really got no need to worry about your weight. | worry that: He s worried that he might lose his job. (+ over): Dad worries over… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• worry — [[t]wʌ̱ri, AM wɜ͟ːri[/t]] ♦♦ worries, worrying, worried 1) VERB If you worry, you keep thinking about problems that you have or about unpleasant things that might happen. Don t worry, your luggage will come on afterwards by taxi... [V about n/… …   English dictionary

• worry — wor·ry (wûr’ē, wŭr’ē) v. wor·ried, wor·ry·ing, wor·ries v. intr. 1) To feel uneasy or concerned about something; be troubled. See Synonyms at BROOD(Cf. ↑brood). 2) a) To seize something with the teeth and bite or tear repeatedly: » …   Word Histories

• worry*/*/*/ — [ˈwʌri] verb I 1) [I/T] to feel nervous and upset because you keep thinking about your problems or about bad things that could happen Try not to worry so much.[/ex] People worry more about their health than they used to.[/ex] If companies are… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English