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worsted

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Noun

HYPHEN

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun worsted has 2 senses

worsted(n = noun.artifact) - a woolen fabric with a hard textured surface and no nap; woven of worsted yarns; "he wore a worsted suit"

worsted(n = noun.artifact) worsted yarn - a tightly twisted woolen yarn spun from long-staple wool;

is a kind of thread, yarn

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CIDE DICTIONARY

worsted, n. [From Worsted, now spelled Worstead, a town in Norfolk, England; for Worthstead. See Worth, n., and Stead.].

Well-twisted yarn spun of long-staple wool which has been combed to lay the fibers parallel, used for carpets, cloth, hosiery, gloves, and the like. [1913 Webster]
Fine and soft woolen yarn, untwisted or lightly twisted, used in knitting and embroidery. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

worsted, n.
1 a fine smooth yarn spun from combed long staple wool.
2 fabric made from this.

Etymology

Worste(a)d in S. England

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THESAURUS

worsted

all up with, beat, beaten, bested, confounded, defeated, discomfited, done for, done in, down, fallen, fixed, floored, hors de combat, lambasted, lathered, licked, on the skids, outdone, overborne, overcome, overmastered, overmatched, overpowered, overridden, overthrown, overturned, overwhelmed, panicked, put to rout, routed, ruined, scattered, settled, silenced, skinned, skinned alive, stampeded, trimmed, trounced, undone, upset, whelmed, whipped