work

A1
Pronunciation
/wɜːk/
/wəik/
Noun
7 definition(s)
1 Definition

(heading) Employment.

2 Definition

(heading) Effort.

3 Definition

Sustained effort to achieve a goal or result, especially overcoming obstacles.

Example Sentences
  • We don't have much time. Let's get to work piling up those sandbags.
4 Definition

(heading) Product; the result of effort.

5 Definition

The staging of events to appear as real.

6 Definition

Ore before it is dressed.

7 Definition

The equipment needed to inject a drug (syringes, needles, swabs etc.)

Example Sentences
  • Tell me you're using clean works at least.
Verb
21 definition(s)
1 Definition

To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.

Example Sentences
  • He’s working in a bar.
2 Definition

To effect by gradual degrees.

Example Sentences
  • he worked his way through the crowd
3 Definition

To embroider with thread.

4 Definition

To set into action.

Example Sentences
  • He worked the levers.
5 Definition

To cause to ferment.

6 Definition

To ferment.

7 Definition

To exhaust, by working.

Example Sentences
  • The mine was worked until the last scrap of ore had been extracted.
8 Definition

To shape, form, or improve a material.

Example Sentences
  • He used pliers to work the wire into shape.
9 Definition

To operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.

Example Sentences
  • she works the night clubs
10 Definition

To operate in or through; as, to work the phones.

11 Definition

To provoke or excite; to influence.

Example Sentences
  • The rock musician worked the crowd of young girls into a frenzy.
12 Definition

To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.

Example Sentences
  • She knows how to work the system.
13 Definition

To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.

Example Sentences
  • I cannot work a miracle.
14 Definition

To cause to work.

Example Sentences
  • He is working his servants hard.
15 Definition

To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.

Example Sentences
  • he pointed at the car and asked, "Does it work"?;  he looked at the bottle of pain pills, wondering if they would work;  my plan didn’t work
16 Definition

To influence.

Example Sentences
  • They worked on her to join the group.
17 Definition

To effect by gradual degrees; as, to work into the earth.

18 Definition

To move in an agitated manner.

Example Sentences
  • A ship works in a heavy sea.
19 Definition

To behave in a certain way when handled

Example Sentences
  • this dough does not work easily;  the soft metal works well
20 Definition

(with two objects) To cause (someone) to feel (something); to do unto somebody (something, whether good or bad).

21 Definition

To hurt; to ache.