wrought

v.

A past tense and a past participle of work.

adj.

1. Put together; created: a carefully wrought plan.
2. Shaped by hammering with tools. Used chiefly of metals or metalwork.
3. Made delicately or elaborately.

[Middle English wroght, from Old English geworht, past participle of wyrcan, to work.]

Said of an object that has been shaped by beating with a hammer.

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IN BRIEF: Shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort).

When we do the best we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another. — Helen Keller (1880-1968).

Tutor's tip: Another word that sounds like wrought which means formed or shaped, is rot which means to go bad.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort)
  Synonyms: shaped, molded

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - håndværks-

idioms:

• wrought iron    smedejern

Nederlands (Dutch)
bewerkt

Français (French)
adj. - travaillé, ouvragé, façonné, forgé

idioms:

• wrought iron    fer forgé

Deutsch (German)
adj. - gearbeitet, geschmiedet

idioms:

• wrought iron    Schmiedeeisen

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - επεξεργασμένος, σφυρήλατος, κατεργασμένος

idioms:

• wrought iron    κατεργασμένος σίδηρος, σφυρήλατος σίδηρος

Italiano (Italian)
lavorato, battuto

idioms:

• wrought iron    ferro battuto

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - manufaturado, trabalhado, ornado

idioms:

• wrought iron    ferro batido

Русский (Russian)
выделанный, отделанный, обработанный, кованый, катаный, обработаный давлением

idioms:

• wrought iron    сварочное железо

Español (Spanish)
adj. - trabajado, labrado, forjado, hecho al martillo, elaborado

idioms:

• wrought iron    hierro forjado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - bearbetad

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
精巧的, 作成的

idioms:

• wrought iron    铸铁, 锻铁

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 精巧的, 作成的

idioms:

• wrought iron    鑄鐵, 鍛鐵

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 가공한, 단련한, 정교한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 作った, 細工した, 手の込んだ

idioms:

• wrought iron    錬鉄

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) معمول, مشكل, مخلوق, منمق, مطرز, مشغول‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮עשוי, מעובד, מעוצב, מרוקע‬

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