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Work

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Meaning

Noun

●
  • Employment.
  • labour,
    , job.
  • The place where one is employed.
  • One's employer.
  • A
    ; a works.
    • ●
  • Effort.
  • effort
    on a particular task.
  • Sustained
    to
    and
    a result.
  • Something on which
    is expended.
    • ●
    In Physics, Mechanics & Physical quantities:
  • Effort.
  • A
    of energy
    in
    an
    ; most
    ,
    . No work is done if the
    does not move.
  • A
    of energy that is
    from a process.
    • ●
  • Product; the result of effort.
  • The result of a particular
    of production.
  • Something
    using the
    or tool.
  • A
    ,
    , or
    production.
  • A fortification.
    • ●
    In Professional wrestling:
    The
    of
    to
    as real.
    ●
    In Mining:
    Ore before it is dressed.
    ●
    The
    to
    a
    (syringes,
    ,
    etc.)

    Verb

    ●
  • To do a specific
    by
    physical or
    powers.
  • Followed by in (or at, etc.) Said of
    (building), or
    , or
    (sphere of business).
  • Followed by as. Said of
    job title
  • Followed by for. Said of a company or individual who employs.
  • Followed by with. General use, said of either
    employees or
    or clients.
    • ●
    To effect by
    degrees;
    ●
    To effect by
    degrees.
    ●
    To
    with thread.
    ●
    To set into action.
    ●
    To cause to ferment.
    ●
    To ferment.
    ●
    To
    , by working.
    ●
    To
    , form, or improve a material.
    ●
    To
    in a certain place, area, or speciality.
    ●
    To
    in or through; as, to work the phones.
    ●
    To
    or
    ; to influence.
    ●
    To use or
    to one’s advantage.
    ●
    In Law:
    To cause to
    or to
    as a consequence.
    ●
    To cause to work.
    ●
    To
    ; to
    as
    ; to
    the
    for.
    ●
    To influence.
    ●
    To
    an
    manner.
    ●
    To
    in a certain way when handled
    ●
    To cause (someone) to feel (something); to do
    somebody (something, whether good or bad).
    ●
    To
    ; to ache.
    ●
    To
    ; to
    ,
    , etc.
    or to advantage.

    Name

    ●
    A surname.
    Sourced from
    Wiktionary

    Origin

    work
    English
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    weorc
    Old English (ca. 450-1100)
    wyrċan
    Old English (ca. 450-1100)
    Sourced from
    Etym

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