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work
  1. (intransitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
    1. Followed by in (or at, etc.) Said of one's workplace (building), or one's department, or one's trade (sphere of business).
    2. Followed by as. Said of one's job title
    3. Followed by for. Said of a company or individual who employs.
    4. Followed by with. General use, said of either fellow employees or instruments or clients.
  2. (transitive) To effect by gradual degrees.
  3. (transitive) To embroider with thread.
  4. (transitive) To set into action.
  5. (transitive) To cause to ferment.
  6. (intransitive) To ferment.
  7. (transitive) To exhaust, by working.
  8. (transitive) To shape, form, or improve a material.
  9. (transitive) To operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.
  10. (transitive) To operate in or through; as, to work the phones.
  11. (transitive) To provoke or excite; to influence.
  12. (transitive) To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.
  13. (transitive) To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
  14. (transitive) To cause to work.
  15. (intransitive) To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.
  16. (intransitive, figuratively) To influence.
  17. (intransitive) To effect by gradual degrees; as, to work into the earth.
  18. (intransitive) To move in an agitated manner.
  19. (intransitive) To behave in a certain way when handled;
  20. (transitive, with two objects, poetic) To cause (someone) to feel (something).
  21. (obsolete, intransitive) To hurt; to ache.
  22. To be successful.
  23. To operate a device or machinery.
  24. (farming) To cultivate soil.
  25. To arrange or contrive.
  26. Synonyms:
      27. earn a living, earn money, have a job, hold a job, eke out a living, get by, make ends meet, nine-to-five it, pay your bills, ply your trade, be employed, be gainfully employed, earn one's living, follow one's trade, hold down a job, subsist, acquire a livelihood, do a job, do business, freelance, punch a clock, specialise, specialize, moonlight, be engaged, be involved in, have a position, have a role, work as, work in, have a position in, be employed as, be engaged in, have a role in, be employed in, have a job in, toil, drudge, hustle, labor, labour, slog, grind, slave, strive, beaver, drive, knuckle down, moil, peg away … more
  27. Examples:
      28. “I work as a ranger at the local national park.”
      “I had to work late into the night to complete my report before the deadline.”
      “The lungs work as the respiratory system in humans and many other animals.”
workshop
  1. (transitive) To help a playwright revise a draft of (a play) by rehearsing it with actors and critiquing the results.
  2. (transitive, business) To improve through collaboration.
wrought
  1. simple past tense and past participle of work
  2. (see usage notes) simple past tense and past participle of wreak
  3. Synonyms:
      4. influenced, convinced, manipulated, persuaded, inveigled, tempted, urged, beguiled, brainwashed, bribed, coaxed, coerced, controlled, directed, exploited, finagled, jockeyed, played, steered, swayed, compelled, counseled, counselled, dragooned, enticed, impelled, intimidated, lured, worked, leaned on, pressurized, worked upon, browbeat, browbeaten, cajoled, incited, inclined, induced, prejudiced, prevailed upon, pulled strings with, talked round, twisted someone's arm, brought round, coloured, suborned, turned, brought pressure to bear on, brought pressure to bear upon, carried weight with … more
works
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of work
  2. Synonyms:
      3. earns a living, earns money, has a job, holds a job, ekes out a living, gets by, makes ends meet, pays your bills, plies your trade, earns one's living, follows one's trade, holds down a job, subsists, acquires a livelihood, does a job, does business, freelances, punches a clock, specialises, specializes, moonlights, works as, works in, toils, drudges, hustles, labors, labours, slogs, grinds, slaves, strives, drives, knuckles down, moils, pegs away, plugs away, strains, sweats, applies oneself, breaks one's back, buckles down, carries on, acquits oneself, endeavors, endeavours, struggles, beavers away, exerts yourself, goes all out … more
worked
  1. simple past tense and past participle of work
  2. Synonyms:
      3. influenced, convinced, manipulated, persuaded, inveigled, tempted, urged, beguiled, brainwashed, bribed, coaxed, coerced, controlled, directed, exploited, finagled, jockeyed, played, steered, swayed, compelled, counseled, counselled, dragooned, enticed, impelled, intimidated, lured, wrought, leaned on, pressurized, worked upon, browbeat, browbeaten, cajoled, incited, inclined, induced, prejudiced, prevailed upon, pulled strings with, talked round, twisted someone's arm, brought round, coloured, suborned, turned, brought pressure to bear on, brought pressure to bear upon, carried weight with … more
working
  1. present participle of work
  2. Synonyms:
      3. using, employing, utilizing, wielding, harnessing, utilising, adopting, engaging, fielding, manipulating, operating, plying, availing yourself of, making do with, making use of, maneuvering, manoeuvring, applying, appropriating, availing oneself of, calling upon, deploying, exploiting, resorting, taking advantage of, directing, finding a use for, handling, putting into service, running, guiding, calling into play, turning to account, putting to good use, implementing, managing, controlling, executing, driving, taking on, piloting, actuating, steering, commanding, administering, acting on, activating, exercising, putting to use, bringing into play … more
worke
  1. Obsolete spelling of work
worketh
  1. (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of work
  2. Examples:
      3. “God worketh all his works in the soul and giveth them to the soul, and the Father begetteth His only begotten Son in the soul, as truly as He begetteth Him in eternity, neither more, nor less.”
      “It's probably a service for four that comes from a carton, which doesn't work for a family or even a couple if they really cook, but it worketh for me.”
      “I labour, striving according to His working, which worketh in me mightily.”
workshopped
  1. simple past tense and past participle of workshop
  2. Examples:
      3. “These details will be workshopped with our trading partners so that each of us is clear on the details of the changes required.”
      “The actors workshopped the script together, which helped result in the extraordinary performances that exist in the film.”
      “Yet I am also becoming increasingly concerned about the removal of power from students when work is workshopped too early in writing workshops.”
workest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of work
workedst
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple past form of work
workshopping
  1. present participle of workshop
  2. Examples:
      3. “He was workshopping an innovative movement performance with street people, the desperate and creative young.”
      “To create a show of this nature is a slow and steady process of workshopping and experiment.”
      “When we were workshopping the script, it came up many times.”
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