[ˈwʌri], (Verb)

Definitions:
- feel or cause to feel anxious or troubled about actual or potential problems
(e.g: he worried about his soldier sons in the war)

- (of a dog or other carnivorous animal) tear at or pull about with the teeth
(e.g: I found my dog contentedly worrying a bone)


Phrases:
- no worries
- not to worry

Origin:
Old English wyrgan ‘strangle’, of West Germanic origin. In Middle English the original sense of the verb gave rise to the meaning ‘seize by the throat and tear’, later figuratively ‘harass’, whence ‘cause anxiety to’ (early 19th century, the date also of the noun)

[ˈwʌri], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the state of being anxious and troubled over actual or potential problems
(e.g: he's demented with worry)


Phrases:
- no worries
- not to worry

Origin:
Old English wyrgan ‘strangle’, of West Germanic origin. In Middle English the original sense of the verb gave rise to the meaning ‘seize by the throat and tear’, later figuratively ‘harass’, whence ‘cause anxiety to’ (early 19th century, the date also of the noun)