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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "worry"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āωāĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ—ā§āύ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to feel upset and nervous because we think about bad things that might happen to us or our problems
Intransitive: to worry | to worry about sth
to worry definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Do n't worry, I'll take care of everything while you're away.
āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧋ āύāĻž, āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻŦ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϏāĻŦāĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāĻļā§‹āύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻŦāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āωāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to bother or irritate someone repeatedly
Transitive: to worry sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The child 's whining started to worry the tired teacher.
āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻž āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ•āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ•āĻžāĻŽāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋, āϚāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāύ⧋

to chew, pull, or shake something with the teeth, often aggressively or persistently
Transitive: to worry sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She watched as the puppy worried the toy, growling playfully.
āϏ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϞ āϕ⧁āϕ⧁āϰāĻ›āĻžāύāĻžāϟāĻŋ āϖ⧇āϞāύāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻŽāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇, āϖ⧇āϞāĻžāϰ āĻ›āϞ⧇ āϗ⧁āρāĻœā§‡ āωāĻ āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āωāĻĻā§āĻŦ⧇āϗ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻŦāĻžāϰ āύāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϚāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to handle or move something over and over, often in a way that shows anxiety or distraction
Transitive: to worry sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She nervously worried the edge of her napkin during the meeting.
āϏāĻ­āĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āωāĻĻā§āĻŦ⧇āϗ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻ•āĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϟāĻžāύāĻžāϟāĻžāύāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˜ā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cause someone to feel nervous, uneasy, or troubled in their mind
Transitive: to worry sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The delay in the flight worried him, as he had important plans.
āĻĢā§āϞāĻžāχāĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āϤāĻžāϰ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āωāĻĻā§āĻŦ⧇āĻ—, āĻĻ⧁āĻļā§āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻž

the state of feeling anxiety
worry definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She expressed her worry over her son's health.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϛ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻĨā§āϝ āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϤāĻžāϰ āωāĻĻā§āĻŦ⧇āĻ— āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻž, āωāĻĻā§āĻŦ⧇āĻ—

something that causes concern, fear, or nervousness
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The safety of the children during the trip was a common worry among teachers.
āĻ­ā§āϰāĻŽāϪ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āĻĻ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāϰāĻžāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻž āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āωāĻĻā§āĻŦ⧇āĻ— āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

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