Work - English meaning
Work – definitions in English dictionary
nounActivity involving mental or physical effort done in order to achieve a purpose or result.
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He was tired after a day's worknounA task or tasks to be undertaken.
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They made sure the work was progressing smoothlynounA thing or things done or made; the result of an action.
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Her work hangs in all the main american collectionsnounA place or premises in which industrial or manufacturing processes are carried out.
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He found a job in the locomotive worksnounThe operative part of a clock or other machine.
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She could almost hear the tick of its worksnounA defensive structure.
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Just north of the fort were trenches and the freshly reconstructed patriot siege worksnounThe exertion of force overcoming resistance or producing molecular change.
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The walker's muscles must do this amount of work, to replace the lost kinetic energy, in every step.nounEverything needed, desired, or expected.
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The heavens put on a show: sheet lightning, hailstones, the works
verbBe engaged in physical or mental activity in order to achieve a result; do work.
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She has been working so hardverb(of a machine or system) function, especially properly or effectively.
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His phone doesn't work unless he goes to a high pointverb(of a plan or method) have the desired result or effect.
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The desperate ploy had workedverbBring (a material or mixture) to a desired shape or consistency by hammering, kneading, etc.
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Work the mixture into a paste with your handsverbMove or cause to move gradually or with difficulty into another position.
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Comb hair from tip to root, working out the knots at the end
combining formDenoting things or parts made of a specified material or with specified tools.
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Silverwork
Activity directed toward making or doing something
verbTo do a job, esp. a job you do to earn money
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[ t ] she works long hours., [ t ] richie worked the night shift., [ i ] designers worked with the …
verbTo do a job, especially to earn money
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Do you work?, he works as a computer technician., my brother works for a large american corporation…
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Word origin
Old English weorc (noun), wyrcan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch werk and German Werk, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek ergon .
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