- nounwork (noun) · works (plural noun) · the works (plural noun)
- activity involving mental or physical effort done in order to achieve a purpose or result:"he was tired after a day's work" · "work is still going on in fitting out a new store"
- 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 theater after work"
- a task or tasks to be undertaken; something a person or thing has to do:"they made sure the work was progressing smoothly"
- the materials for a task:"she frequently took work home with her"
- informalcosmetic plastic surgery:"between you and me, I think he's had some work done"
- theology(works)good or moral deeds:"the Clapham sect was concerned with works rather than with faith"
- something done or made:"her work hangs in all the main American collections"
- the result of the action of a specified person or thing:"the bombing had been the work of a German-based cell"
- a literary or musical composition or other piece of fine art:"a work of fiction"
- (works)all literary or musical pieces by 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.
- (works)an architectural or engineering structure such as a bridge or dam.
- the record of the successive calculations made in solving a mathematical problem:"show your work on a separate sheet of paper"
- BRITISH ENGLISH(works)a place or premises for industrial activity, typically manufacturing:"he found a job in the ironworks"
- (works)the operative part of a clock or other machine:"she could almost hear the tick of its works"
- military(works)a defensive structure:"just north of the fort were trenches and the freshly reconstructed patriot siege works"
- physicsthe exertion of force overcoming resistance or producing molecular change.
- informal(the works)everything needed, desired, or expected:"the heavens put on a show: sheet lightning, hailstones—the works"
verbwork (verb) · works (third person present) · worked (past tense) · worked (past participle) · working (present participle)- be engaged in physical or mental activity in order to achieve a result; do work:"she has been working so hard" · "an engineer who was working on a design for a more efficient wing" · "new contracts force employees to work longer hours"
- be employed in a specified occupation or field:"he worked as a waiter in a rather shabby restaurant" · "Taylor has worked in education for 17 years" · "I work for Ford"
- set to or keep at work:"Jane is working you too hard"
- solve (a puzzle or mathematical problem):"she spent her days working crosswords"
- practice one's occupation or operate in or at (a particular place):"I worked a few clubs and so forth"
- (of a machine or system) operate or function, especially properly or effectively:"his cell phone doesn't work unless he goes to a high point"
- (of a machine or a part of it) run; go through regular motions:"it's designed to go into a special “rest” state when it's not working"
- cause (a device or machine) to operate:"teaching customers how to work a PC"
- (of a plan or method) have the desired result or effect:"the desperate ploy had worked"
- bring about; 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"
- informalarrange 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 (a person or group of people):"the born politician's art of working a crowd"
- bring (a material or mixture) to a desired shape or consistency by hammering, kneading, or some other method:"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, typically by means of constant movement or pressure:"comb from tip to root, working out the knots at the end" · "its bases were already working loose"
- (of a person's features) move violently or convulsively:"hair wild, mouth working furiously"
- (of joints, such as those in a wooden ship) loosen and flex under repeated stress.
- sailingmake progress to windward, with repeated tacking:"trying to work to windward in light airs"
- bring into a specified state, especially an emotional state:"Harold had worked himself into a minor rage"
OriginOld English weorc (noun), wyrcan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch werk and German Werk, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek ergon.combiningform- denoting things or parts made of a specified material or with specified tools:"silverwork" · "fretwork"
- denoting a mechanism or structure of a specified kind:"bridgework" · "clockwork"
- denoting ornamentation of a specified kind, or articles having such ornamentation:"knotwork"
Similar and Opposite Wordsnoun- activity involving mental or physical effort done in order to achieve a purpose or result:
- mental or physical activity as a means of earning income; employment:
- a task or tasks to be undertaken; something a person or thing has to do:
- something done or made:
- a literary or musical composition or other piece of fine art:
- all literary or musical pieces by a particular author, composer, or artist, regarded collectively:
- a place or premises for industrial activity, typically manufacturing:
- the operative part of a clock or other machine:
- everything needed, desired, or expected:
verb- be engaged in physical or mental activity in order to achieve a result; do work:
- (of a machine or system) operate or function, especially properly or effectively:
- (of a plan or method) have the desired result or effect:
- bring about; produce as a result:
- use one's persuasive power to stir the emotions of (a person or group of people):
- bring (a material or mixture) to a desired shape or consistency by hammering, kneading, or some other method:
- move or cause to move gradually or with difficulty into another position, typically by means of constant movement or pressure:
- bring into a specified state, especially an emotional state:
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