worden — meaning in English
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English meaning
- be verb To exist or to have a certain identity, quality, or state.
- become verb To start being something different; to change into.
- fall verb To move downward, especially suddenly and without control.
- get verb To come to have or receive something; to obtain.
- turn verb To move or rotate around an axis, or to change direction.
- wax noun A soft, oily solid substance, such as beeswax or paraffin, used for candles, polish, and other purposes.
Senses
worden is used for these senses in English:
- be (auxiliary) Used with past participles of verbs to form the passive voice.
- become (transitive) To be proper for; to beseem. [from 13th c.]
- fall (intransitive) To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin.
- get (transitive) To cause to become; to bring about.
- get (archaic) To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.
- smoothen (intransitive) To become smooth.
- turn (copulative) To become (begin to be).
- wax (intransitive, copulative, literary) To increasingly assume the specified characteristic.
be — full definition
- verb To exist or to have a certain identity, quality, or state.
- verb Used with another verb to form continuing or passive actions.
become — full definition
- verb To start being something different; to change into.
- verb To suit or look attractive on someone (formal/literary).