work in English

noun

1

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

he was tired after a day's work in the fields

synonyms: labor, toil, slog, drudgery, exertion, effort, industry, service, grind, sweat, elbow grease, travail

2

mental or physical activity as a means of earning income; employment.

I'm still looking for work

synonyms: employment, a job, a position, a situation, a post, an occupation, a profession, a career, a vocation, a calling, wage labor, tasks, jobs, duties, assignments, projects, chores

3

a task or tasks to be undertaken; something a person or thing has to do.

they made sure the work was progressing smoothly

4

something done or made.

her work hangs in all the main American collections

synonyms: handiwork, doing, act, deed

5

the operative part of a clock or other machine.

she could almost hear the tick of its works

6

the exertion of force overcoming resistance or producing molecular change.

The walker's muscles must do this amount of work , to replace the lost kinetic energy, in every step.

7

everything needed, desired, or expected.

the heavens put on a show: sheet lightning, hailstones—the works

synonyms: everything, the full treatment, the lot, the whole shebang, the full nine yards, the whole kit and kaboodle, the whole ball of wax

verb

1

be engaged in physical or mental activity in order to achieve a purpose or result, especially in one's job; do work.

an engineer who had been working on a design for a more efficient wing

2

(of a machine or system) operate or function, especially properly or effectively.

his cell phone doesn't work unless he goes to a high point

synonyms: function, go, run, operate, behave

3

bring (a material or mixture) to a desired shape or consistency by hammering, kneading, or some other method.

work the mixture into a paste with your hands

synonyms: knead, squeeze, form, mix, stir, blend

4

move or cause to move gradually or with difficulty into another position, typically by means of constant movement or pressure.

comb from tip to root, working out the knots at the end

synonyms: maneuver, manipulate, guide, edge, maneuver, make, thread, wind, weave, wend

suffix

1

denoting things or parts made of a specified material or with specified tools.

silverwork

noun

labor, toil, slog, drudgery, exertion, effort, industry, service, grind, sweat, elbow grease, travail
employment, a job, a position, a situation, a post, an occupation, a profession, a career, a vocation, a calling, wage labor, tasks, jobs, duties, assignments, projects, chores
composition, piece, creation, opus, oeuvre
writings, oeuvre, canon, output
handiwork, doing, act, deed
deeds, acts, actions
everything, the full treatment, the lot, the whole shebang, the full nine yards, the whole kit and kaboodle, the whole ball of wax
workplace
employment
oeuvre, body of work
study
piece of work

verb

toil, be employed, cultivate, function, operate, succeed, bring about, arrange it/things, stir (up), knead, maneuver, twitch, turn, act, act upon, bring, work on, exploit, do work, forge, exercise, ferment, puzzle out, make
toil, labor, exert oneself, slave (away), keep at it, put one's nose to the grindstone, slog (away), plug away, put one's back into it, knock oneself out, sweat blood, travail
be employed, have a job, earn one's living, do business
cultivate, farm, till, plow
function, go, run, operate, behave
operate, use, handle, control, manipulate, run
succeed, work out, turn out well, go as planned, get results, be effective, come off, pay off, do/turn the trick
bring about, accomplish, achieve, produce, perform, create, engender, contrive, effect
arrange it/things, manipulate it/things, contrive it, pull strings, fix it, swing it, wangle it
stir (up), excite, drive, move, rouse, fire, galvanize, whip up, agitate
knead, squeeze, form, mix, stir, blend
maneuver, manipulate, guide, edge
twitch, quiver, convulse
maneuver, make, thread, wind, weave, wend
turn, ferment, sour
act
act upon, influence
bring, make for, play, wreak
knead
operate, function, go, run
work on, process
exploit
do work
forge, form, mold, shape
exercise, work out
cultivate, crop
ferment
puzzle out, solve, figure out, lick, work out
make

Use "work" in a sentence

1. Her work, her work.

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3. I usually work out after work.

4. General construction work for buildings (new work, additions, alterations and renovation work)

5. To youth I have but words of counsel -- work, work, work. 

6. Fly right, work sedulity, good team work.

7. 12 To youth I have but words of counsel -- work, work[Sentencedict.com], work. 

8. Attask work management software organizes both structured, project-based work and unstructured, freeform work

9. Admission to employment or work, including hazardous work, part-time and full‐time work;

10. Admission to employment or work, including hazardous work, part-time and full-time work

11. You can't work here without a work permit.

12. Obtain hot work permit prior to commencing work.

13. If you like your work, it’s not work".

14. We did substitute circuit work and convention work.

15. Synonyms for Attaboy include great job, awesome, perfect, awesome work, good job, good work, right on, great work, nice job and nice work

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17. Can a foreign student work without a work permit?

18. Work, work, work, work. On any free time, she would have the obnoxiously busy job at the coffee shop across the street from campus.

19. Work accidents are those caused by conditions of work

20. Specialist work is different from field work, believe me.

21. Ability to prioritise and organise work assignments ; delegate work.

22. Please work.

23. Good work.

24. Won't work.

25. That'll work

26. God's work?

27. Work hard.

28. Work hard!

29. Shift work.

30. TRANSLATION WORK

31. Good work!

32. Work bench, in particular for welding and structural steel work

33. Full-time work is definitely preferable to part-time work.

34. Work: the auspices Yulin City People's Government to fully work.

35. Erg may be doing work, but is it real work?

36. His later work was vastly inferior to his early work.

37. to work au pair = to work as an au pair

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39. They said work to forget the addiction, work is therapeutic."

40. I'll work, I'll sub, I'll work history, whatever you want.

41. Ampirical has a great work-life balance and steady work

42. Work Environment: Some dancers work in performing arts companies, or are self-employed.Choreographers may work in dance schools, and others may work as self-employed Choreographers

43. Accurtation of the great Work which saved half the Work and Labour in the Work revealed by Sr

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46. ● Swap work: barter car repairs for electrical work, sewing for plumbing

47. 2 Work well with a multi-cultural and diverse work force.

48. Do Anorectics work? The simple answer is: Yes, they do work

49. Belaboured definition: to work at or to absurd length synonyms: work at, belabor, work on antonyms: push, salute, measure, appraise

50. Belabouring definition: to work at or to absurd length synonyms: work at, belabor, work on antonyms: push, salute, measure, appraise