Ive some on my friends list (Murray Brown, Rei Kingi, Greta Bos, Stacey Chapman, Phil Cole, Craig Bongiorno, Stew Cooper) just to name a few that seem to believe their hard workers so to help stop the confusion Ive posted the meaning and Im yet to see any of you fall under that meaning. Haha work wəːk/ noun noun: work;plural noun: works;plural noun: the works 1. activity involving mental or physical effort done in order to achieve a result. he was tired after a days work in the fields synonyms: labour, toil, exertion, effort, slog, drudgery, the sweat of ones brow; More antonyms: leisure, rest work as a means of earning income; employment. Im still looking for work synonyms: employment, a job, a post, a position, a situation, a means of earning ones living; More the place where one is employed. I was returning home from work on a packed subway the period of time one spends in paid employment. he was going to the theatre after work W. INDIAN a job. I decided to get a work 2. a task or tasks to be undertaken. they made sure the work was progressing smoothly synonyms: tasks, jobs, duties, assignments, commissions, projects; More the materials for a task. she frequently took work home with her BRIT. activity involving construction or repair. extra costs caused by additional building works informal cosmetic plastic surgery. between you and me, I think hes had some work done THEOLOGY good or moral deeds. the Clapham sect was concerned with works rather than with faith 3. a thing or things done or made; the result of an action. her work hangs in all the main American collections synonyms: handiwork, doing, act, deed, feat, performance More a literary or musical composition or other piece of art. a work of fiction synonyms: composition, piece, creation, achievement, accomplishment; More the artistic production of a particular author, composer, or artist, regarded collectively. the works of Schubert fill several feet of shelf space synonyms: writings, oeuvre, canon, output More a piece of embroidery, sewing, or knitting, typically made using a specified stitch or method. 4. BRIT. a place or premises in which industrial or manufacturing processes are carried out. he found a job in the locomotive works synonyms: factory, plant, manufacturing complex, mill, foundry, yard, industrial unit, business unit; More 5. the operative part of a clock or other machine. she could almost hear the tick of its works synonyms: mechanism, machinery, workings, working parts, parts, movement, action; More 6. MILITARY a defensive structure. just north of the fort were trenches and the freshly reconstructed patriot siege works 7. PHYSICS the exertion of force overcoming resistance or producing molecular change. 8. informal everything needed, desired, or expected. the heavens put on a show: sheet lightning, hailstones, the works synonyms: everything, the full treatment; More verb verb: work;3rd person present: works;past tense: worked;past participle: worked;past tense: wrought;past participle: wrought;gerund or present participle: working 1. be engaged in physical or mental activity in order to achieve a result; do work. an engineer who was working on a design for a more efficient wing synonyms: toil, labour, exert oneself, slave (away), plod away; More antonyms: rest, play be employed in a specified occupation or field. he worked as a waiter in a rather shabby restaurant synonyms: be employed, have a job, earn ones living, hold down a job, do business, follow/ply ones trade More set to or keep at work. Jane is working you too hard practise ones occupation in or at (a particular place). I worked a few clubs and so forth W. INDIAN be engaged in (a particular occupation). I worked fireman on ships 2. (of a machine or system) function, especially properly or effectively. his phone doesnt work unless he goes to a high point synonyms: function, go, run, operate, perform; More (with reference to a machine or machine part) be or cause to be in operation. the device is designed to go into a special ‘rest’ state when its not working synonyms: operate, use, handle, control, manipulate, manoeuvre, drive, run, direct; More 3. (of a plan or method) have the desired result or effect. the desperate ploy had worked synonyms: succeed, be successful, work out, turn out well, go as planned, have the desired result, get results; More antonyms: fail produce as a result. with a dash of blusher here and there, you can work miracles synonyms: bring about, accomplish, achieve, produce, do, perform, carry out, implement, execute, create, engender, contrive, effect More make efforts to achieve something; campaign. an organization working for a better life for people with mental illness exert influence or persuasion on. she worked upon the sympathy of her associates synonyms: persuade, manipulate, influence, sway, put pressure on, lean on; More use ones persuasive power to stir the emotions of. the born politicians art of working a crowd 4. bring (a material or mixture) to a desired shape or consistency by hammering, kneading, etc.. work the mixture into a paste with your hands synonyms: knead, squeeze, form, shape, fashion, mould, model; More produce artistic pieces using (a particular material or medium). he works in clay over a very strong frame produce (an article or design) using a specified material or sewing stitch. the castle itself is worked in tent stitch cultivate (land) or extract materials from (a mine or quarry). contracts and leases to work the mines synonyms: cultivate, farm, till, plough; More 5. move or cause to move gradually or with difficulty into another position. comb hair from tip to root, working out the knots at the end synonyms: manoeuvre, manipulate, negotiate, guide, edge More manoeuvre, make, thread, wind, weave (of a persons features) move violently or convulsively. hair wild, mouth working furiously synonyms: twitch, quiver, twist, move spasmodically, convulse More SAILING make progress to windward, with repeated tacking. trying to work to windward in light airs 6. bring into a specified emotional state. Harold had worked himself into a minor rage synonyms: stir (up), excite, drive, move, spur, rouse, fire, galvanize; More Origin Old English weorc (noun), wyrcan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch werk and German Werk, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek ergon .
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