wrought
shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort)
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,979 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 5,489 times across 175,177 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort) also: shaped, molded a shaped handgripthe molded steel plates
wrought in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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O, wondrous craft of plant and stone By eldest science wrought and shown!
Poems Household Edition · Ralph Waldo Emerson · Chapter 2
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The town was considerably wrought up and for a time things looked serious.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 2
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The stairs, with wrought iron balusters, are wide and easy, and the ceilings twelve feet high.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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There were two large downy beds on quaintly wrought bedsteads of brass, but the two captives decided to sleep together.
The Land of the Changing Sun · Will N. (Will Nathaniel) Harben · Chapter 2
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He had a brown leather belt round his waist, and I noticed that its clasp was of damascened steel beautifully wrought.
News from Nowhere · William Morris · Chapter 2