Alternative form of worth (“to become”).

(with "the" or a plural possessive pronoun) The subjective human experience, regarded collectively; human collective existence; existence in general.

To consider or cause to be considered from a global perspective; to consider as a global whole, rather than making or focussing on national or other distinctions; compare globalise.

Labour, occupation, job. / The place where one is employed. / (by extension) One's employer. / (dated) A factory; a works. / Effort expended on a particular task.

Followed by in (or at, etc.) Said of one's workplace (building), or one's department, or one's trade (sphere of business). / Followed by as. Said of one's job title

Alternative spelling of loanword.

A worldly or sophisticated man, one well versed in the ways and dealings of humankind.

(euphemistic) Any of various taboo words beginning with the letter B, particularly bitch.

The devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object. / (Christianity, specifically) The adoration owed to God alone, as greater than the veneration that may be accorded to figures such as saints.

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