4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Worst \Worst\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Worsted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Worsting}.] [See {Worse}, verb (used with an object) & a.] To gain advantage over, in contest or competition; to get the better of; to defeat; to overthrow; to discomfit.

The . . . Philistines were worsted by the captivated ark. --South.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Worsted \Worst"ed\ (?; 277), noun [From Worsted, now spelled Worstead, a town in Norfolk, England; for Worthstead. See {Worth}, noun, and {Stead}.]

1. 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.

2. Fine and soft woolen yarn, untwisted or lightly twisted, used in knitting and embroidery.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

worsted

noun

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

44 Moby Thesaurus words for "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