| work | (noun) activity directed toward making or doing something | - |
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| (noun) the occupation for which you are paid | Synonyms: employment |
| (noun) a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing | Synonyms: piece of work |
| (noun) a place where work is done | Synonyms: workplace |
| (noun) the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it) | Synonyms: body of work, oeuvre |
| (noun) applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading) | Synonyms: study |
| (noun) (physics) 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 | - |
| (verb) give a workout to | Synonyms: exercise, work out |
| (verb) arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion | - |
| (verb) go sour or spoil | Synonyms: ferment, sour, turn |
| (verb) cause to undergo fermentation | Synonyms: ferment |
| (verb) find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of | Synonyms: figure out, lick, puzzle out, solve, work out |
| (verb) use or manipulate to one's advantage | Synonyms: exploit |
| (verb) to mix into a homogeneous mass | Synonyms: knead |
| (verb) perform as expected when applied | Synonyms: function, go, operate, run |
| (verb) move into or onto | - |
| (verb) shape, form, or improve a material | Synonyms: process, work on |
| (verb) cause to happen or to occur as a consequence | Synonyms: bring, make for, play, wreak |
| (verb) prepare for crops | Synonyms: crop, cultivate |
| (verb) make something, usually for a specific function | Synonyms: forge, form, mold, mould, shape |
| (verb) gratify and charm, usually in order to influence | - |
| (verb) proceed along a path | Synonyms: make |
| (verb) move in an agitated manner | - |
| (verb) provoke or excite | - |
| (verb) be employed | Synonyms: do work |
| (verb) cause to work | Synonyms: put to work |
| (verb) exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; work | - |
| (verb) have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected | Synonyms: act |
| (verb) operate in a certain place, area, or specialty | - |
| (verb) proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity | - |
| (verb) have and exert influence or effect | Synonyms: act upon, influence |
| (verb) operate in or through | - |
| (verb) cause to operate or function | - |
| (verb) behave in a certain way when handled | - |
| workable | (adjective) capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are | Synonyms: executable, feasible, practicable, viable |
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| workaday | (adjective) found in the ordinary course of events | Synonyms: everyday, mundane, quotidian, routine, unremarkable |
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| workaholic | (noun) person with a compulsive need to work | - |
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| workaholism | (noun) compulsiveness about working | - |
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| workbag | (noun) container for holding implements and materials for work (especially for sewing) | Synonyms: workbasket, workbox |
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| workbasket | (noun) container for holding implements and materials for work (especially for sewing) | Synonyms: workbag, workbox |
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| workbench | (noun) a strong worktable for a carpenter or mechanic | Synonyms: bench, work bench |
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| workboard | (noun) a horizontal board that provides a supported surface for manual work | Synonyms: work-board |
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| workbook | (noun) a student's book or booklet containing problems with spaces for solving them | - |
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| workbox | (noun) container for holding implements and materials for work (especially for sewing) | Synonyms: workbag, workbasket |
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| workday | (noun) the amount of time that a worker must work for an agreed daily wage | Synonyms: working day |
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| (noun) a day on which work is done | Synonyms: work day, working day |
| worker | (noun) sterile member of a colony of social insects that forages for food and cares for the larvae | - |
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| (noun) a person who works at a specific occupation | - |
| (noun) a member of the working class (not necessarily employed) | Synonyms: prole, proletarian |
| (noun) a person who acts and gets things done | Synonyms: actor, doer |
| workfellow | (noun) an associate that one works with | Synonyms: co-worker, colleague, fellow worker |
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| workflow | (noun) progress (or rate of progress) in work being done | Synonyms: work flow |
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| workforce | (noun) the force of workers available | Synonyms: hands, manpower, men, work force |
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| workhorse | (noun) a horse used for plowing and hauling and other heavy labor | - |
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| (noun) machine that performs dependably under heavy use | - |
| workhouse | (noun) a county jail that holds prisoners for periods up to 18 months | - |
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| (noun) a poorhouse where able-bodied poor are compelled to labor | - |
| working | (adjective) actively engaged in paid work | Synonyms: on the job |
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| (adjective) (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing | Synonyms: functional, operative, running |
| (adjective) adopted as a temporary basis for further work | - |
| (adjective) adequate for practical use; especially sufficient in strength or numbers to accomplish something | - |
| (adjective) serving to permit or facilitate further work or activity | - |
| (noun) a mine or quarry that is being or has been worked | Synonyms: workings |
| workingman | (noun) an employee who performs manual or industrial labor | Synonyms: working man, working person, workman |
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| workings | (noun) the internal mechanism of a device | Synonyms: works |
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| (noun) a mine or quarry that is being or has been worked | Synonyms: working |
| workload | (noun) work that a person is expected to do in a specified time | Synonyms: work load |
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| workman | (noun) an employee who performs manual or industrial labor | Synonyms: working man, working person, workingman |
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| workmanlike | (adjective) worthy of a good workman | - |
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| workmanship | (noun) skill in an occupation or trade | Synonyms: craft, craftsmanship |
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| workmate | (noun) a fellow worker | - |
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| workout | (noun) the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit | Synonyms: exercise, exercising, physical exercise, physical exertion |
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| workpiece | (noun) work consisting of a piece of metal being machined | - |
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| workplace | (noun) a place where work is done | Synonyms: work |
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| workroom | (noun) room where work is done | - |
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| works | (noun) performance of moral or religious acts | Synonyms: deeds |
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| (noun) the internal mechanism of a device | Synonyms: workings |
| (noun) buildings for carrying on industrial labor | Synonyms: industrial plant, plant |
| (noun) everything available; usually preceded by `the' | Synonyms: full treatment, kit and boodle, kit and caboodle, whole caboodle, whole kit, whole kit and boodle, whole kit and caboodle, whole shebang, whole works |
| worksheet | (noun) a sheet of paper with multiple columns; used by an accountant to assemble figures for financial statements | - |
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| (noun) a piece of paper recording work planned or done on a project | - |
| workshop | (noun) a brief intensive course for a small group; emphasizes problem solving | - |
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| (noun) small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done | Synonyms: shop |
| workspace | (noun) space allocated for your work (as in an office) | - |
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| workstation | (noun) a desktop digital computer that is conventionally considered to be more powerful than a microcomputer | - |
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| worktable | (noun) a table designed for a particular task | Synonyms: work table |
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| workwear | (noun) heavy-duty clothes for manual or physical work | - |
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| workweek | (noun) hours or days of work in a calendar week | Synonyms: week |
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