English Explanatory Dictionary

wark

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Pain; ache.
verb
  1. To be in pain; ache.
noun
  1. Work.
  2. A building.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. A village and civil parish in mid Northumberland, England, otherwise known as Wark on Tyne (OS grid ref NY8677).
  3. A small village in Carham parish, north Northumberland, otherwise known as Wark on Tweed (OS grid ref NT8238).

Pronunciation

/wɔːk/ /wɔɹk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-wark.wav

Word forms

wark warks warking warked

Etymology

From Middle English werk, warch, from Old English wærc, wræc (“pain, suffering, anguish”), from Proto-Germanic *warkiz (“pain”), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- (“to make, work, act”). Cognate with Swedish värk (“ache, pain”), Icelandic verkur (“pain”). Related to work.

Synonyms

agony pang misery pain wark hurt suffer ache agonize anguish passion thole throe wring labour effort exertion pains work edifice building

Derived words

bellywark headwark
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