Definitions of WORK in various dictionaries:
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activity directed toward making or doing something
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a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing
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the occupation for which you are paid
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applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)
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(physics) a manifestation of energy
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a place where work is done
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the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it)
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exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
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be employed
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have an effect or outcome
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perform as expected when applied
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shape, form, or improve a material
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give a workout to
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proceed along a path
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operate in a certain place, area, or specialty
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proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity
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move in an agitated manner
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cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
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cause to work
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prepare for crops
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behave in a certain way when handled
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have and exert influence or effect
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operate in or through
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cause to operate or function
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provoke or excite
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gratify and charm, usually in order to influence
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make something, usually for a specific function
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move into or onto
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make uniform
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use or manipulate to one's advantage
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find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
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cause to undergo fermentation
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go sour or spoil
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arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion
Physical or mental effort or activity directed toward the production or accomplishment of something.
A job; employment: looking for work.
A trade, profession, or other means of livelihood.
Something that one is doing, making, or performing, especially as an occupation or undertaking; a duty or task: begin the day’s work.
An amount of such activity either done or required: a week’s work.
The part of a day devoted to an occupation or undertaking: met her after work.
One’s place of employment: Should I call you at home or at work? 5.
Something that has been produced or accomplished through the effort, activity, or agency of a person or thing: This story is the work of an active imagination.
Full action or effect of an agency: The sleeping pills did their work.
An act; a deed: “I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity” (Ecclesiastes 1:14).
An artistic creation, such as a painting, sculpture, or literary or musical composition; a work of art.
A fortified structure, such as a trench or fortress.
Needlework, weaving, lacemaking, or a similar textile art.
A piece of such textile art.
A factory, plant, or similar building or complex of buildings where a specific type of business or industry is carried on.
The manner, style, or quality of working or treatment; workmanship.
The transfer of energy from one physical system to another, especially the transfer of energy to a body by the application of a force that moves the body in the direction of the force.
The full range of possibilities; everything.
A thorough beating or other severe treatment.
To exert oneself physically or mentally in order to do, make, or accomplish something.
To be employed; have a job.
To function or operate in the desired or required way: The telephone hasn’t worked since the thunderstorm.
To have a given effect or outcome: Our friendship works best when we speak our minds.
To have the desired effect or outcome; prove successful: This recipe seems to work.
To exert an influence.
To arrive at a specified condition through gradual or repeated movement: The stitches worked loose.
To proceed or progress slowly and laboriously: worked through the underbrush.
To move in an agitated manner, as with emotion: Her mouth worked with fear.
To behave in a specified way when handled or processed: Not all metals work easily.
To ferment.
Nautical.
To strain in heavy seas so that the joints give slightly and the fastenings become slack.
To sail against the wind.
To undergo small motions that result in friction and wear: The gears work against each other.
To cause or effect; bring about: working miracles.
To cause to operate or function; actuate, use, or manage: worked the controls; can work a lathe.
To shape or forge: worked the metal into a sculpture.
To make or decorate by needlework: work a sampler.
To solve (a problem) by calculation and reasoning.
To knead, stir, or otherwise manipulate in preparation: Work the dough before shaping it.
To bring to a specified condition by gradual or repeated effort or work: finally worked the window open; worked the slaves to death.
To make, achieve, or pay for by work or effort: worked her way to the top; worked his passage on the ship.
To arrange or contrive.
To make productive; cultivate: work a farm.
To cause to work: works his laborers hard.
To excite or provoke: worked the mob into a frenzy.
Informal.
To gratify, cajole, or enchant artfully, especially for the purpose of influencing: The politician worked the crowd.
To use or manipulate to one’s own advantage; exploit: learned how to work the system; worked his relatives for sympathy.
To carry on an operation or a function in or through: the agent who works that area; working the phones for donations.
To ferment (liquor, for example).
To insert or introduce: worked in a request for money.
To make an opening for, as in a schedule: said the doctor would try to work her in.
To cause to be inserted by repeated or continuous effort.
To insert or introduce into.
To make an opening for (someone or something) in: worked a few field trips into the semester’s calendar.
To cause to be inserted in by repeated or continuous effort: worked the pick into the lock.
To accomplish by work or effort.
To find a solution for; solve: worked out the equations; worked out their personal differences.
To formulate or develop: work out a plan.
To discharge (an obligation or a debt) with labor in place of money.
To prove successful, effective, or satisfactory: The new strategy may not work out.
To have a specified result: The ratio works out to an odd number.
To engage in strenuous exercise for physical conditioning.
To exhaust (a mine, for example).
To do for a second time; rework.
To inflict severe physical damage on; beat up.
To arouse the emotions of; excite.
To increase one’s skill, responsibility, efficiency, or status through work: worked up to 30 sit-ups a day; worked up to store manager.
To intensify gradually: The film works up to a thrilling climax.
To develop or produce by mental or physical effort: worked up a patient profile; worked up an appetite.
Engaged in labor; working: I’m at work on a new project now.
These noun s refer to physical or mental effort expended to produce or accomplish something.
verb - to exert one's powers of body or mind for some purpose