worked UK /wɜːkt/US /wɝkt/adjective 5phrases 1 adjective5 •Wrought. •Processed in a particular way; prepared via labour....the light and elastic spear, made of the India bamboo, and tipped with the most perfectly worked steel, which he now held in his hand... — 1832 •Prepared so as to demonstrate the steps required.Place each error opposite its supposed number, as in the worked example. — 1835 •Designed or executed in a particular manner or to a particular degree.A heavy rich loam is, perhaps, the best of any; but carse lands, and well worked and manured clay soils, are also very suitable. — 1811 •Decorated or embellished; embroidered....and many of them, at least when young, wear only a worked piece of linen over their head. — 1803 Phrases with worked worked upExcessively emotional, excited, aroused or angry.