Worry
Worry , transitive verb
[Old English worowen, wirien, to strangle, Anglo-Saxon wyrgan in āwyrgan; akin to Dutch worgen, wurgen, to strangle, Old High German wurgen, German wurgen, Lithuanian verszti, and perhaps to English wring.]
1.
To harass by pursuit and barking; to attack repeatedly; also, to tear or mangle with the teeth.
A hellhound that doth hunt us all to death;
That dog that had his teeth before his eyes,
To worry lambs and lap their gentle blood.
2.
To harass or beset with importunity, or with care an anxiety; to vex; to annoy; to torment; to tease; to fret; to trouble; to plague.
A church worried with reformation.
Let them rail,
And worry one another at their pleasure.
Worry him out till he gives consent.
3.
To harass with labor; to fatigue. [Colloquial]
Worry , intransitive verb
To feel or express undue care and anxiety; to manifest disquietude or pain; to be fretful; to chafe; as, the child worries; the horse worries.
Worry ({not transcribed}) , noun
A state of undue solicitude; a state of disturbance from care and anxiety; vexation; anxiety; fret; as, to be in a worry.
The whir and worry of spindle and of loom.