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worship the ground someone walks on en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /-ɔːn/ (Received-Pronunciation) today or older
  • /-ˈsʌm.wən-/ (Scotland)
  • /-wɒks ɒn/ (Canada) without the cot–caught merger
  • /-ˈsʌm.wən-/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈwʌɹ.ʃɪp ðə ɡɹʌʊ̯nd ˈsʌmˌwʌn wɔks ɔn/ (Scotland)
  • /-ˈsʌm.wən-/ (India)
  • audio AuE
  • /-ˈsʌm.wən-/ (Canada, General-American)
  • /-ˈsɐm.wən-/ (Australia)
  • /-oːn/ (Australia)
  • -sŭm′wən-
  • /ˈwøː.ʃəp ðə ɡɹæʊ̯nd ˈsɐmˌwɐn woːks ɒn/ (New-Zealand)
  • /-wɔks ɔn/ (General-American) without the cot–caught merger
  • /ˈwɜː.ʃɪp ðə ɡɹæɔ̯nd ˈsɐmˌwɐn woːks ɔn/ (Australia)
  • -ôn
  • /-oːn/ (New-Zealand)
  • /ˈwɜɹ.ʃɪp ðə ɡɹaʊ̯nd ˈsʌmˌwʌn wɑks ɑn/ (Canada, General-American, cot-caught-merger)
  • wûr′shĭp thə ground sŭm′wŭn′ wôks ŏn
  • /-ˈsɐm.wən-/ (New-Zealand)
  • /ˈwʌɹ.ʃɪp ðə ɡɹʌʊ̯nd ˈsʌmˌwʌn wɔks ɔn/ (India)
  • /ˈwɜː.ʃɪp ðə ɡɹaʊ̯nd ˈsʌmˌwʌn wɔːks ɒn/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

First attested in 1848.

Meanings

  1. (excessive, idiomatic) To admire or adore someone to excess.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
worships the ground someone walks on Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
worshipped the ground someone walked on Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part UK lexicographic
worshipped the ground someone walked on Tense=Past UK lexicographic
worshipping the ground someone walks on Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part UK lexicographic
worshiped the ground someone walked on Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part US lexicographic
worshiped the ground someone walked on Tense=Past US lexicographic
worshiping the ground someone walks on Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part US lexicographic

Relateds

put on a pedestal · drink someone's bathwater