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Work
wəːk
- activity involving mental or physical effort done in order to achieve a purpose or result
"he was tired after a day's work"
- mental or physical activity as a means of earning income; employment
"I'm still looking for work"
- the place where one is employed
"I was returning home from work on a packed subway"
- the period of time one spends in paid employment
"he was going to the theatre after work"
- a job
"I decided to get a work"
- a task or tasks to be undertaken
"they made sure the work was progressing smoothly"
- the materials for a task
"she frequently took work home with her"
- activity involving construction or repair
"extra costs caused by additional building works"
- cosmetic plastic surgery
"between you and me, I think he's had some work done"
- good or moral deeds
"the Clapham sect was concerned with works rather than with faith"
- a thing or things done or made; the result of an action
"her work hangs in all the main American collections"
- a literary or musical composition or other piece of art
"a work of fiction"
- the artistic production of a particular author, composer, or artist, regarded collectively
"the works of Schubert fill several feet of shelf space"
- a piece of embroidery, sewing, or knitting, typically made using a specified stitch or method
- a place or premises in which industrial or manufacturing processes are carried out
"he found a job in the locomotive works"
- the operative part of a clock or other machine
"she could almost hear the tick of its works"
- a defensive structure
"just north of the fort were trenches and the freshly reconstructed patriot siege works"
- the exertion of force overcoming resistance or producing molecular change
- everything needed, desired, or expected
"the heavens put on a show: sheet lightning, hailstones, the works"
everything the full treatment
- be engaged in physical or mental activity in order to achieve a result; do work
"she has been working so hard"
- be employed in a specified occupation or field
"he worked as a waiter in a rather shabby restaurant"
- set to or keep at work
"Jane is working you too hard"
- practise one's occupation in or at (a particular place)
"I worked a few clubs and so forth"
- be engaged in (a particular occupation)
"I worked fireman on ships"
- (of a machine or system) function, especially properly or effectively
"his phone doesn't work unless he goes to a high point"
- (with reference to a machine or machine part) be or cause to be in operation
"the device is designed to go into a special ‘rest’ state when it's not working"
- (of a plan or method) have the desired result or effect
"the desperate ploy had worked"
- produce as a result
"with a dash of blusher here and there, you can work miracles"
- make efforts to achieve something; campaign
"they are dedicated to working for a better future for the generations to come"
- arrange or contrive
"the chairman was prepared to work it for Phillip if he was interested"
- use one's persuasive power to stir the emotions of
"the born politician's art of working a crowd"
- bring (a material or mixture) to a desired shape or consistency by hammering, kneading, etc.
"work the mixture into a paste with your hands"
- produce artistic pieces using a particular material or medium
"he works in clay over a very strong frame"
- produce (an article or design) using a specified material or sewing stitch
"the castle itself is worked in tent stitch"
- cultivate (land) or extract materials from (a mine or quarry)
"contracts and leases to work the mines"
- move or cause to move gradually or with difficulty into another position
"comb hair from tip to root, working out the knots at the end"
- (of a person's features) move violently or convulsively
"hair wild, mouth working furiously"
- make progress to windward, with repeated tacking
"trying to work to windward in light airs"
- bring into a specified emotional state
"Harold had worked himself into a minor rage"