All English words - page 6501

Meanings of Workbooks:

noun

A student's book containing instruction and exercises relating to a particular subject.

Usage examples:

Konowitz's book could be a workbook for the student and teacher.

Meanings of Workbox:

noun

A portable box used for storing or holding tools and materials for activities such as sewing.

Usage examples:

The mother, never idle, lays her workbox aside and throws her sewing work over the arm of her chair…

Meanings of Workboxes:

noun

A portable box used for storing or holding tools and materials for activities such as sewing.

Usage examples:

The mother, never idle, lays her workbox aside and throws her sewing work over the arm of her chair…

Meanings of Workday:

noun

A day on which one works.

Usage examples:

Saturdays were workdays for him

Meanings of Workdays:

noun

A day on which one works.

Usage examples:

Saturdays were workdays for him

Meanings of Worked:

verb

Be engaged in physical or mental activity in order to achieve a result; do work.

Usage examples:

She has been working so hard

noun

Activity involving mental or physical effort done in order to achieve a purpose or result.

Usage examples:

He was tired after a day's work

Meanings of Worked-up:

adjective

Upset or very excited about something

Usage examples:

It's easy to get worked up when you're tired and everything seems to be against you., he was very w…

Meanings of Worker:

noun

A person who does a specified type of work or who works in a specified way.

Usage examples:

A farm worker

Meanings of Workers:

noun

A person who does a specified type of work or who works in a specified way.

Usage examples:

A farm worker

phrase

Members of the working class (= a social group that consists of people who own little or no property and who have to work, usually doing physical work, to get money)

Usage examples:

He preached to anyone who would listen that the workers of the world were being abused by the wealt…

Meanings of Workfolk:

noun

In singular and plural = "workpeople"; especially farm labourers.

Meanings of Workfolks:

noun

In singular and plural = "workpeople"; especially farm labourers.

Meanings of Workforce:

noun

The people engaged in or available for work, either in a country or area or in a particular firm or industry.

Usage examples:

A quarter of galway's manufacturing workforce are being put out of a job

Meanings of Workful:

adjective

Active, operative; effectual. rare after 17th century.

Meanings of Workhand:

noun

A labourer, a worker.

Meanings of Workhorse:

noun

A horse used for work on a farm.

Usage examples:

We experimented with teams of percheron and belgian workhorses.

Meanings of Workhorses:

noun

A horse used for work on a farm.

Usage examples:

We experimented with teams of percheron and belgian workhorses.

Meanings of Workhouse:

noun

(in the uk) a public institution in which the destitute of a parish received board and lodging in return for work.

Usage examples:

Unlike boston, which had the financial resources to build more than one public institution for the …

Meanings of Workhoused:

adjective

Inhabiting or taking place in a workhouse; habituated to life in a workhouse.

Meanings of Workhouses:

noun

(in the uk) a public institution in which the destitute of a parish received board and lodging in return for work.

Usage examples:

Unlike boston, which had the financial resources to build more than one public institution for the …

Meanings of Working:

adjective

Having paid employment.

Usage examples:

The size of the working population

noun

The action of doing work.

Usage examples:

Working with animals teaches patience

verb

Be engaged in physical or mental activity in order to achieve a result; do work.

Usage examples:

She has been working so hard

Meanings of Working-at:

phrasal verb

To try hard to achieve something

Usage examples:

Most couples would agree that for a marriage to succeed, both parties have to work at it., [ + -ing…

Meanings of Working-capital:

noun

The money that a company needs to operate and produce its goods or provide its services, for example to make payments to employees, suppliers, etc. before it has been paid by customers

Usage examples:

Companies need large amounts of working capital in order to operate and grow., the joint venture wi…

Meanings of Working-class:

noun

The group of people in society who use physical skills in their jobs and are usually paid by the hour

Usage examples:

A working-class neighborhood/family

adjective

Belonging or relating to the social group that consists of people who usually do physical work, and usually do not have much money or a very high level of education

Usage examples:

Most of our voters come from working-class backgrounds., a working-class area, a working-class fami…

Meanings of Working-day:

noun

The part of a day when you are working at a job

Usage examples:

An 8-/10-/12-hour working day, during/at the end of the working day using the internet and email fo…

Meanings of Working-girl:

noun

A female prostitute