Etymology : Middle English werk, work, from Old English werc, weorc; akin to Old High German werc work, Greek ergon, Avestan varandzem activity
Pronunciation : w&rk
Function : noun
Date : before 12th century
1. labor; task; profession; occupation; vocation; place of work; creation; deed; action; effort. labor; act; operate; activate; process; succeed; cause; manage; solve; advance with difficulty. of labor. is right, is fine, is appropriate Plaintive - that's the right word! It works!. workout v.
2. come up with; "we evolved an interesting idea"; "we worked up an ad for our client" [syn: evolve, work up].
3. turn out well; "everything worked out in the end".
4. work out in detail; "elaborate a plan" [syn: elaborate].
5. do physical exercise; "she works out in the gym every day" [syn: exercise].
6. be calculated; "the fees work out to less than $1,000".
7. make a mathematical calculation or computation [syn: calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, reckon, figure].
8. find the solution to (a problem or question):"did you solve the problem?"; understand the meaning of; "did you get it?"; "did you get my meaning?"; "he could not work the math problem" [syn: solve, figure out, puzzle out, lick, work].
9. give a work-out to: "some parents exercise their infants"; "my personal trainer works me hard"; "work one's muscles" [syn: exercise, work].
10. Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically, physical labor.
11. The matter on which one is at work; that upon which one spends labor; material for working upon; subject of exertion; the thing occupying one; business; duty; as, to take up one's work; to drop one's work.
12. That which is produced as the result of labor; anything accomplished by exertion or toil; product; performance; fabric; manufacture; in a more general sense, act, deed, service, effect, result, achievement, feat.
13. That which is produced by mental labor; a composition; a book; as, a work, or the works, of Addison.
14. Flowers, figures, or the like, wrought with the needle; embroidery.
15. Structures in civil, military, or naval engineering, as docks, bridges, embankments, trenches, fortifications, and the like; also, the structures and grounds of a manufacturing establishment; as, iron works; locomotive works; gas works.
16. The moving parts of a mechanism; as, the works of a watch.
17. Manner of working; management; treatment; as, unskillful work spoiled the effect.
18. The causing of motion against a resisting force.
19. The amount of work is proportioned to, and is measured by, the product of the force into the amount of motion along the direction of the force.
20. See Conservation of energy, under Conservation, Unit of work, under Unit, also Foot pound, Horse power, Poundal, and Erg.
21. Ore before it is dressed.
22. Performance of moral duties; righteous conduct.
23. To exert one's self for a purpose; to put forth effort for the attainment of an object; to labor; to be engaged in the performance of a task, a duty, or the like.
24. Hence, in a general sense, to operate; to act; to perform; as, a machine works well.
25. Hence, figuratively, to be effective; to have effect or influence; to conduce.
26. To carry on business; to be engaged or employed customarily; to perform the part of a laborer; to labor; to toil.
27. To be in a state of severe exertion, or as if in such a state; to be tossed or agitated; to move heavily; to strain; to labor; as, a ship works in a heavy sea.
28. To make one's way slowly and with difficulty; to move or penetrate laboriously; to proceed with effort; with a following preposition, as down, out, into, up, through, and the like; as, scheme works out by degrees; to work into the earth.
29. To ferment, as a liquid.
30. To act or operate on the stomach and bowels, as a cathartic.
31. To labor or operate upon; to give exertion and effort to; to prepare for use, or to utilize, by labor.
32. To produce or form by labor; to bring forth by exertion or toil; to accomplish; to originate; to effect; as, to work wood or iron into a form desired, or into a utensil; to work cotton or wool into cloth.
33. To produce by slow degrees, or as if laboriously; to bring gradually into any state by action or motion.
34. To influence by acting upon; to prevail upon; to manage; to lead.
35. To form with a needle and thread or yarn; especially, to embroider; as, to work muslin.
36. To set in motion or action; to direct the action of; to keep at work; to govern; to manage; as, to work a machine.
37. To cause to ferment, as liquor.
38. Break; twist.
39. The causing of motion against a resisting force, measured by the product of the force into the component of the motion resolved along the direction of the force.
40. Ore before it is dressed. 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" 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" arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion; "The stitches of the hem worked loose after she wore the skirt many times" 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" shape, form, or improve a material; "work stone into tools"; "process iron"; "work the metal" gratify and charm, usually in order to influence; "the political candidate worked the crowds" move in an agitated manner; "His fingers worked with tension" provoke or excite; "The rock musician worked the crowd of young girls into a frenzy" 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" cause to work; "he is working his servants hard" 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" 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" cause to operate or function; "This pilot works the controls"; "Can you work an electric drill?" operate in or through; "Work the phones" 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 breaks of my new car act quickly"; "The medicine works only if you take it with a lot of water" operate in a certain place, area, or specialty; "She works the night clubs"; "The salesman works the Midwest"; "This artist works mostly in acrylics" behave in a certain way when handled; "This dough does not work easily"; "The soft metal works well".
41. 1. People who work have a job, usually one which they are paid to do. Weiner works for the US Department of Transport I started working in a recording studio Where do you work? He worked as a bricklayer's mate I want to work, I don't want to be on welfare.
42. People who have work or who are in work have a job, usually one which they are paid to do. Fewer and fewer people are in work I was out of work at the time She'd have enough money to provide for her children until she could find work.
43. When you work, you do the things that you are paid or required to do in your job. I can't talk to you right now -- I'm working He was working at his desk Some firms expect the guards to work twelve hours a day.
44. Your work consists of the things you are paid or required to do in your job. We're supposed to be running a business here. I've got work to do I used to take work home, but I don't do it any more There have been days when I have finished work at 2pm.
45. When you work, you spend time and effort doing a task that needs to be done or trying to achieve something. Linda spends all her time working on the garden The most important reason for coming to university is to work for a degree The government expressed hope that all the sides will work towards a political solution. Work is also a noun. There was a lot of work to do on their house We hadn't appreciated how much work was involved in organizing a wedding.
46. Work is the place where you do your job. Many people travel to work by car She told her friends at work that she was trying to lose weight.
47. Work is something which you produce as a result of an activity or as a result of doing your job. It can help to have an impartial third party look over your work Tidiness in the workshop is really essential for producing good work.
48. A work is something such as a painting, book, or piece of music produced by an artist, writer, or composer. In my opinion, this is Rembrandt's greatest work.
49. If someone is working on a particular subject or question, they are studying or researching it. Professor Bonnet has been working for many years on molecules of this type. Work is also a noun. Their work shows that one-year-olds are much more likely to have allergies if either parent smokes.
50. If you work with a person or a group of people, you spend time and effort trying to help them in some way. She spent a period of time working with people dying of cancer Work is also a noun. She became involved in social and relief work among the refugees.
51. If a machine or piece of equipment works, it operates and performs a particular function. The pump doesn't work and we have no running water.
52. If an idea, system, or way of doing something works, it is successful, effective, or satisfactory. 95 per cent of these diets do not work A methodical approach works best.
53. If a drug or medicine works, it produces a particular physical effect. I wake at 6am as the sleeping pill doesn't work for more than nine hours The drug works by increasing levels of serotonin in the brain.
54. If something works in your favour, it helps you in some way. If something works to your disadvantage, it causes problems for you in some way. One factor thought to have worked in his favour is his working class image.
55. If something or someone works their magic or works their charms on a person, they have a powerful positive effect on them. Nevertheless, she is always optimistic about the possibilities and can work her charm on the disenchanted.
56. If your mind or brain is working, you are thinking about something or trying to solve a problem. My mind was working frantically, running over the events of the evening.
57. If you work on an assumption or idea, you act as if it were true or base other ideas on it, until you have more information. We are working on the assumption that it was a gas explosion.
58. If you work a particular area or type of place, you travel around that area or work in those places as part of your job, for example trying to sell something there. Brand has been working the clubs and the pubs since 1986, developing her comedy act.
59. If you work someone, you make them spend time and effort doing a particular activity or job. They're working me too hard. I'm too old for this.
60. If someone, often a politician or entertainer, works a crowd, they create a good relationship with the people in the crowd and get their support or interest. The Prime Minister has an ability to work a crowd -- some might even suggest it is a kind of charm.
61. When people work the land, they do all the tasks involved in growing crops. Farmers worked the fertile valleys.
62. When a mine is worked, minerals such as coal or gold are removed from it. The mines had first been worked in 1849, when gold was discovered in California.
63. If you work a machine or piece of equipment, you use or control it. Many adults still depend on their children to work the video. = operate.
64. If something works into a particular state or condition, it gradually moves so that it is in that state or condition. A screw had worked loose from my glasses.
65. If you work a substance such as dough or clay, you keep pressing it to make it have a particular texture. Work the dough with the palm of your hand until it is very smooth.
66. If you work a material such as metal, leather, or stone, you cut, sew, or shape it in order to make something or to create a design. the machines needed to extract and work the raw stone.
67. If you work a part of your body, or if it works, you move it. Each position will work the muscles in a different way Her mouth was working in her sleep.
68. A works is a place where something is manufactured or where an industrial process is carried out. Works is used to refer to one or to more than one of these places. The steel works could be seen for miles.
69. Works are activities such as digging the ground or building on a large scale. six years of disruptive building works, road construction and urban development. see also:
working.
70. If someone is at work they are doing their job or are busy doing a particular activity. The salvage teams are already hard at work trying to deal with the spilled oil Television cameras were invited in to film him at work.
71. If a force or process is at work, it is having a particular influence or effect. It is important to understand the powerful economic and social forces at work behind our own actions.
72. If you say that you will have your work cut out to do something, you mean that it will be a very difficult task. The new administration has its work cut out for it. Creating jobs in this kind of environment is not going to be easy He will have his work cut out to get into the team.
73. If something is in the works, it has already been planned or begun. He said there were dozens of economic plans in the works.
74. You can use work to talk about how easily or quickly a particular task is done. For example, if a person or thing makes short work of doing something or makes light work of it, they do it quickly and easily. An aerosol spray will make short work of painting awkward objects This horse made light work of the cross-country course.
75. If you put someone to work or set them to work, you give them a job or task to do. By stimulating the economy, we're going to put people to work Instead of sending them to prison, we have set them to work helping the lemon growers.
76. If you get to work, go to work, or set to work on a job, task, or problem, you start doing it or dealing with it. He promised to get to work on the state's massive deficit He returned to America where he set to work on a new novel.
77. If you work your way somewhere, you move or progress there slowly, and with a lot of effort or work. Rescuers were still working their way towards the trapped men Many personnel managers started as secretaries or personnel assistants and worked their way up.
78. to throw a spanner in the works: see:
spanner. In economics and sociology, the activities and labour necessary for the survival of society. As early as 40,000 BC, hunters worked in groups to track and kill animals, while younger or weaker members of the tribe gathered food. When agriculture replaced hunting and gathering, the resulting surplus of food allowed early societies to develop and some of its members to pursue crafts such as pottery, weaving, and metallurgy. Historically, rigid social hierarchies caused nobles, clergy, merchants, artisans, and peasants to pursue occupations defined largely by hereditary social class. Craft guilds, influential in the economic development of medieval Europe, limited the supply of labour in each profession and controlled production. The establishment of towns led to the creation of new occupations in commerce, law, medicine, and defense. The coming of the Industrial Revolution, spurred by technological advances such as steam power, changed working life profoundly. Factories divided the work once done by a single craftsman into a number of distinct tasks performed by unskilled or semiskilled workers (see:
division of labour). Manufacturing firms grew larger in the 19th century as standardized parts and machine tools came into use, and ever-more-specialized positions for managers, supervisors, accountants, engineers, technicians, and salesmen became necessary. The trend toward specialization continued into the 21st century, giving rise to a number of disciplines concerned with the management and design of work, including production management, industrial relations, personnel administration, and systems engineering. By the turn of the 21st century, automation and technology had spurred tremendous growth in service industries. In physics, the measure of energy transfer that occurs when an object is moved over a distance by an external force, some component of which is applied in the direction of displacement. For a constant force, work W is equal to the magnitude of the force F times the displacement d of the object, or W = Fd. Work is also done by compressing a gas, by rotating a shaft, and by causing invisible motions of particles within a body by an external magnetic force. No work is accomplished by simply holding a heavy stationary object, because there is no transfer of energy and no displacement. Work done on a body is equal to the increase in energy of the body. Work is expressed in units called joules (J). One joule is equivalent to the energy transferred when a force of one newton is applied over a distance of one metre. Florentine canvas work Cosmati work work of God right to work law social work stalactite work Work Projects Administration Public Works Administration Public Works of Art Project Saugus Iron Works International Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works Works Progress Administration International Working Men's Association working dog.
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