"bework" meaning in English

See bework in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /bɪˈwɜːk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /bəˈwɜːk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /biˈwɜːk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /bɪˈwɝk/ [General-American], /bəˈwɝk/ [General-American], /biˈwɝk/ [General-American] Forms: beworks [present, singular, third-person], beworking [participle, present], beworked [participle, past], beworked [past], bewrought [archaic, participle, past], bewrought [archaic, past]
Etymology: From Middle English bewurchen, from Old English bewyrċean, bewyrċan (“to work, construct, surround with, enclose, cover, work in, insert, adorn”), from Proto-Germanic *bi- + *wirkijaną (“to work”), equivalent to be- + work. Cognate with North Frisian bewerke (“to bework, edit”), Dutch bewerken (“to work, manipulate”), German bewirken (“to bring about, effect”), Danish bevirke (“to cause”). More at be-, work. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|bewurchen}} Middle English bewurchen, {{inh|en|ang|bewyrċean}} Old English bewyrċean, {{der|en|gem-pro|*bi-}} Proto-Germanic *bi-, {{af|en|be-|work}} be- + work, {{cog|frr|bewerke|t=to bework, edit}} North Frisian bewerke (“to bework, edit”), {{cog|nl|bewerken|t=to work, manipulate}} Dutch bewerken (“to work, manipulate”), {{cog|de|bewirken|t=to bring about, effect}} German bewirken (“to bring about, effect”), {{cog|da|bevirke|t=to cause}} Danish bevirke (“to cause”) Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=bewrought|past2_qual=archaic}} bework (third-person singular simple present beworks, present participle beworking, simple past and past participle beworked or (archaic) bewrought)
  1. (transitive) To work around or about; surround. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-bework-en-verb-NdueYVB~ Categories (other): English terms prefixed with be- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with be-: 37 19 45
  2. (transitive) To work, as with thread; embroider. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-bework-en-verb-M6wW6u7J Categories (other): English terms prefixed with be- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with be-: 37 19 45
  3. (transitive) To work over; rework; edit. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-bework-en-verb-VAACMLQC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with be-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 12 60 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with be-: 37 19 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 12 68 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 10 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: bywork

Inflected forms

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