Meaning

4 senses
  1. (transitive)To reverence (a deity, etc.) with supreme respect and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honour of.

    verehren, anbeten, anbeten

    поклоня́тьсяpoklonjátʹsja, почита́тьpočitátʹ, боготвори́тьbogotvorítʹ

    поклоня́тисяpoklonjátysja, божестви́тиbožestvýty, обо́жуватиobóžuvaty

  2. (transitive)To honour with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize.

  3. (intransitive)To participate in religious ceremonies.

    We worship at the church down the road.

    attend religious services

  4. To touch, fondle, or kiss in an intensely sensual way.

Examples

239 sentences
  1. Hero worship is a dangerous thing.

  2. She worships him.

    Вона його обожнює. — deniko

    ruОна его боготворит. — marafon

    deSie verehrt ihn. — Zaghawa

  3. They worship every Sunday.

    ruОни молятся каждое воскресенье. — Lenin_1917

    deSie feiern jeden Sonntag Gottesdienst. — mayabe

  4. They worshipped him as a hero.

    deEr wurde als Held verehrt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. Tom worships the ground Mary walks on.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
honor and adore, especially as a deity:
Русский
By meaning 1
honor and adore, especially as a deity:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
honor and adore, especially as a deity:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English worschippe /worthschipe, inherited from Old English weorþsċi

Inherited from Middle English worschippe /worthschipe, inherited from Old English weorþsċiepe. Cognate with Scots worschip (“worship”). By surface analysis, wor(th) + -ship.

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Forms

worships, worshiping, worshiped, worshiped
Base formworship · to worship
3rd person singularworships
Present participleworshiping
Past simpleworshiped / worshipped
Past participleworshiped / worshipped

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyworship
he, she, itworships

Past simpleLesson

all personsworshiped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave worshiped
he, she, ithas worshiped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill worship

Synonyms

29 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

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