Definition/Meaning of worsted

• English - Noun: worsted (countable and uncountable, plural worsteds) (countable, uncountable) Yarn made from long strands of wool . 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “In which Three Investigators Come across a Dark Soul”, in The Land of Mist, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, published 1926, →OCLC, pages 144–145: Finally he took a ball of worsted and tied strings of it across the back…
• English - Verb: worsted (participle, past) simple past and past participle of worst
• English - Adjective: worsted (comparative more worsted, superlative most worsted) Defeated , overcome . The worsted army fled in disarray.
• English - Etymology: Etymology 1. Inherited from Middle English worstede , worsted, from Worstede (now Worstead ; Old English *Wurϸestede), a town in Norfolk, England. Etymology 2. Participle adjective of the verb worst .
• English - Pronunciation: (UK) IPA: /ˈwʊs.tɪd/ , /ˈwəː.stɪd/ (US) IPA: /ˈwʊs.tɪd/ , /ˈwɝ.stɪd/