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"Work" Definition
noun
A factory, plant, or similar building or complex of buildings where a specific type of business or industry is carried on. Often used in combination: a steelworks.
A fortified structure, such as a trench or fortress.
A job; employment: looking for work.
A material or piece of material being processed in a machine during manufacture: work to be turned in the lathe.
A piece of such textile art.
phrasal-verb
Work in To cause to be inserted by repeated or continuous effort.
Work in To insert or introduce: worked in a request for money.
Work in To make an opening for, as in a schedule: said the doctor would try to work her in.
Work into To cause to be inserted in by repeated or continuous effort: worked the pick into the lock.
Work into To insert or introduce into.
verb
To fashion or create a useful or desired product by expending labor or exertion on.
To make or decorate with needlework.
To prepare for use by stirring or kneading.
To bring into a desired form by a gradual process of cutting, hammering, scraping, pressing, or stretching.
idiom
At work Engaged in labor; working: at work on a new project.
At work In operation: inflationary forces at work in the economy.
In the works In preparation; under development: has a novel in the works.
Out of work Without a job; unemployed.
Put in work To perform labor or duties, as on a specified project: put in work on the plastering.
verb-transitive
Informal To arrange or contrive. Often used with it: worked it so that her weekends are free.
Informal To gratify, cajole, or enchant artfully, especially for the purpose of influencing: The politician worked the crowd. The comedian worked the room with flawless rhythm.
To bring to a specified condition by gradual or repeated effort or work: finally worked the window open; worked the slaves to death.
To carry on an operation or function in or through: the agent who works that area; working the phones for donations.
To cause or effect; bring about: working miracles.
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