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Common
verb
•
To do a
specific
task
by
employing
physical
or
mental
powers
.
Followed by
in (or at, etc.) Said of
one's
workplace
(building), or
one's
department
, or
one's
trade
(sphere of business).
Followed by
as. Said of
one's
job title
Followed by
for. Said of a company or
individual
who
employs
.
Followed by
with.
General
use, said of either
fellow
employees or
instruments
or
clients
.
•
To
effect
by
gradual
degrees
.
•
To
embroider
with
thread
.
•
To set into
action
.
•
To
cause
to
ferment
.
•
To
ferment
.
•
To
exhaust
, by
working
.
•
To
shape
, form, or
improve
a
material
.
•
To
operate
in a certain
place
,
area
, or
speciality
.
•
To
operate
in or through; as, to work the
phones
.
•
To
provoke
or
excite
; to
influence
.
•
To use or
manipulate
to one’s
advantage
.
•
To
cause
to
happen
or to
occur
as a
consequence
.
•
To
cause
to work.
•
To
function
correctly
; to
act
as
intended
; to
achieve
the
goal
designed
for.
•
To
influence
.
•
To
effect
by
gradual
degrees
; as, to work into the
earth
.
•
To
move in
an
agitated
manner
.
•
To
behave
in a certain way when
handled
•
To
cause
(someone) to
feel
(something); to do
unto
somebody (something, whether good or
bad
).
•
To
hurt
; to
ache
.
noun
•
Employment
.
Labour
,
occupation
,
job
.
The
place
where one is
employed
.
One's
employer
.
A
factory
; a
works
.
•
Effort
.
Effort
expended
on a
particular
task
.
Sustained
human
effort
to
overcome
obstacles
and
achieve
a
result
.
Something on which
effort
is
expended
.
•
In Physics:
Effort
.
A
measure
of energy
expended
in
moving
an
object
; most
commonly
,
force
times
distance
. No work is
done
if the
object
does not
move
.
A
measure
of energy that is
usefully
extracted
from a process.
•
Product; the
result
of
effort
.
The
result
of a
particular
manner
of
production
.
Something
produced
using the
specified
material
or
tool
.
A
literary
,
artistic
, or
intellectual
production
.
A
fortification
.
•
In Professional wrestling:
The
staging
of
events
to
appear
as
real
.
•
In Mining:
Ore
before it is
dressed
.
•
The
equipment
needed
to
inject
a
drug
(syringes,
needles
,
swabs
etc.)
name
•
A
surname
.
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