work

Plural: works

Noun

• activity directed toward making or doing something
  • "she checked several points needing further work"
• a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing
  • "it is not regarded as one of his more memorable works"
  • "the symphony was hailed as an ingenious work"
  • "he was indebted to the pioneering work of John Dewey"
  • "the work of an active imagination"
  • "erosion is the work of wind or water over time"
• the occupation for which you are paid
  • "a lot of people are out of work"
• applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)
  • "mastering a second language requires a lot of work"
• (physics) a manifestation of energy; the transfer of energy from one physical system to another expressed as the product of a force and the distance through which it moves a body in the direction of that force
  • "work equals force times distance"
• a place where work is done
  • "he arrived at work early today"
• the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it)
  • "Picasso's work can be divided into periods"
• Employment.
• Labour, occupation, job.
• Employment.
• The place where one is employed.
• Employment.
• One's employer.
• Employment.
• A factory; a works.
• Effort.
• Effort expended on a particular task.
• Effort.
• Sustained effort to overcome obstacles and achieve a result.
• Effort.
• Something on which effort is expended.
• Effort.
• Something on which effort is expended.
• Plastic surgery.
• Effort.
• Something on which effort is expended.
• Prison gang violence.
• Effort.
• A measure of energy expended in moving an object; most commonly, force times distance. No work is done if the object does not move.
• Effort.
• A measure of energy that is usefully extracted from a process: applied productively.
• Product; the result of effort.
• The result of a particular manner of production.
• Product; the result of effort.
• Something produced using the specified material or tool.
• Product; the result of effort.
• A literary, artistic, or intellectual production; a creative work.
• Product; the result of effort.
• A fortification.
• The staging of events to appear as real.
• Ore before it is dressed.
• The equipment needed to inject a drug (syringes, needles, swabs etc.)
• The confident attitude of a drag queen.

Verb

Verb Forms: worked, wrought, working, works

• To exert physical or mental effort for a purpose.
• exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
  • "I will work hard to improve my grades"
  • "she worked hard for better living conditions for the poor"
• be employed
  • "Is your husband working again?"
  • "My wife never worked"
  • "Do you want to work after the age of 60?"
  • "She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money"
  • "She works as a waitress to put herself through college"
• have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
  • "The voting process doesn't work as well as people thought"
  • "How does your idea work in practice?"
  • "This method doesn't work"
  • "The medicine works only if you take it with a lot of water"
• perform as expected when applied
  • "This old radio doesn't work anymore"
• shape, form, or improve a material
  • "work stone into tools"
  • "work the metal"
• give a workout to
  • "My personal trainer works me hard"
  • "work one's muscles"
• proceed along a path
  • "work one's way through the crowd"
• operate in a certain place, area, or specialty
  • "She works the night clubs"
  • "The salesman works the Midwest"
  • "This artist works mostly in acrylics"
• proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity
  • "work your way through every problem or task"
  • "She was working on her second martini when the guests arrived"
  • "Start from the bottom and work towards the top"
• move in an agitated manner
  • "His fingers worked with tension"
• cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
  • "I cannot work a miracle"
• cause to work
  • "he is working his servants hard"
• prepare for crops
  • "Work the soil"
• behave in a certain way when handled
  • "This dough does not work easily"
  • "The soft metal works well"
• have and exert influence or effect
  • "The artist's work influenced the young painter"
  • "She worked on her friends to support the political candidate"
• operate in or through
  • "Work the phones"
• cause to operate or function
  • "This pilot works the controls"
  • "Can you work an electric drill?"
• provoke or excite
  • "The rock musician worked the crowd of young girls into a frenzy"
• gratify and charm, usually in order to influence
  • "the political candidate worked the crowds"
• make something, usually for a specific function
  • "Work the metal into a sword"
• move into or onto
  • "work the raisins into the dough"
  • "the student worked a few jokes into his presentation"
  • "work the body onto the flatbed truck"
• make uniform
  • "work the clay until it is soft"
• use or manipulate to one's advantage
  • "She knows how to work the system"
  • "he works his parents for sympathy"
• find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
  • "Work out your problems with the boss"
  • "this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out"
  • "He could not work the math problem"
• cause to undergo fermentation
  • "The vintner worked the wine in big oak vats"
• go sour or spoil
  • "The wine worked"
• arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion
  • "The stitches of the hem worked loose after she wore the skirt many times"
• To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
• To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
• Said of one's workplace (building), or one's department, or one's trade (sphere of business) [with in or at].
• To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
• Said of one's job title [with as].
• To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
• Said of a company or individual who employs [with for].
• To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
• General use, said of either fellow employees or instruments or clients [with with].
• To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
• To work or operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.
• To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
• To work or operate in, through, or by means of.
• To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.
• To cause to operate, be productive, behave a certain way, or happen.
• To set into action.
• To cause to operate, be productive, behave a certain way, or happen.
• To exhaust, by working.
• To cause to operate, be productive, behave a certain way, or happen.
• To shape, form, or improve a material.
• To cause to operate, be productive, behave a certain way, or happen.
• To provoke or excite; to influence.
• To cause to operate, be productive, behave a certain way, or happen.
• To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.
• To cause to operate, be productive, behave a certain way, or happen.
• To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
• To cause to operate, be productive, behave a certain way, or happen.
• To force to work.
• To move or progress slowly or with difficulty.
• To move or progress slowly or with difficulty.
• To move or progress slowly [with one's way].
• To cause to move slowly or with difficulty.
• To embroider with thread.
• To ferment.
• To cause to ferment.
• To influence.
• To move in an agitated manner.
• To behave in a certain way when handled
• To cause (someone) to feel (something); to do unto somebody (something, whether good or bad).
• To hurt; to ache.
• To pull off; to wear, perform, etc. successfully or to advantage.
• To perform with a confident attitude, particularly as a drag queen.

Examples

• A ship works in a heavy sea.
• has been putting in work
• has had a lot of work done
• He hasn’t come home yet; he’s still at work.
• He is working his servants hard.
• He looked at the bottle of pain pills, wondering if they would work.
• He mostly works in logging but sometimes works in carpentry too.
• He pointed at the car and asked, "Does it work"?
• He used pliers to work the wire into shape.
• He worked his way through the crowd.
• He worked the levers.
• He works for the President.
• He's working in a bar.
• His fingers worked with tension.
• Holding a brick over your head is hard work. It takes a lot of work to write a dictionary.
• I cannot work a miracle.
• I want to go to the reunion concert, but I'm not sure if my work will give me the time off.
• I work as a cleaner.
• I work closely with my Canadian counterparts.
• I work in a national park.
• I would have never thought those pieces would go together, but she is working it like nobody's business.
• It is a work of art.
• My plan didn't work.
• My work involves a lot of travel.
• She knows how to work the system.
• She works for Microsoft.
• She works in the human resources department.
• She works the night clubs.
• She works with the homeless people from the suburbs.
• She's working the phones.
• Tell me you're using clean works at least.
• The dye worked its way through.
• The mine was worked until the last scrap of ore had been extracted.
• the poetic works of Alexander Pope
• The rock musician worked the crowd of young girls into a frenzy.
• The salesman works the Midwest.
• The soft metal works well.
• There's a lot of guesswork involved.
• There's lots of work waiting for me at the office.
• They worked on her to join the group.
• This dough does not work easily.
• To get a high score in Scrabble, you often need to work your tiles into unexpected combinations.
• to work into the earth
• Using some tweezers, she worked the bee sting out of her hand.
• We don't have much time. Let's get to work piling up those sandbags.
• We know what we must do. Let's go to work.
• We've got some paperwork to do before we can get started. The piece was decorated with intricate filigree work.
• William the Conqueror fortified many castles, throwing up new ramparts, bastions and all manner of works.
• Work is done against friction to drag a bag along the ground.
• You work with computers, right?

Synonyms

act, act upon, body of work, bring, crop, cultivate, do work, employment, exercise, exploit, ferment, figure out, forge, form, function, go, influence, knead, lick, make, make for, mold, mould, oeuvre, operate, piece of work, play, process, put to work, puzzle out, run, shape, solve, sour, study, turn, work on, work out, workplace, wreak, content, creative work, effort, exertion, job, occupation, opus, pains, piece, wark, work

Antonyms

idle, malfunction, hobby

Related Words

-ing, instrument, occupation