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Work
n.
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To exert one's self for a purpose; to put forth effort for the attainment of an object; to labor; to be engaged in the performance of a task, a duty, or the like.
Work
n.
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Hence, in a general sense, to operate; to act; to perform; as, a machine works well.
Work
n.
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Hence, figuratively, to be effective; to have effect or influence; to conduce.
Work
n.
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To carry on business; to be engaged or employed customarily; to perform the part of a laborer; to labor; to toil.
Work
n.
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To be in a state of severe exertion, or as if in such a state; to be tossed or agitated; to move heavily; to strain; to labor; as, a ship works in a heavy sea.
Work
n.
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To make one's way slowly and with difficulty; to move or penetrate laboriously; to proceed with effort; -- with a following preposition, as down, out, into, up, through, and the like; as, scheme works out by degrees; to work into the earth.
Work
n.
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To ferment, as a liquid.
Work
n.
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To act or operate on the stomach and bowels, as a cathartic.
Work
v. t.
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To labor or operate upon; to give exertion and effort to; to prepare for use, or to utilize, by labor.
Work
v. t.
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To produce or form by labor; to bring forth by exertion or toil; to accomplish; to originate; to effect; as, to work wood or iron into a form desired, or into a utensil; to work cotton or wool into cloth.
Work
v. t.
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To produce by slow degrees, or as if laboriously; to bring gradually into any state by action or motion.
Work
v. t.
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To influence by acting upon; to prevail upon; to manage; to lead.
Work
v. t.
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To form with a needle and thread or yarn; especially, to embroider; as, to work muslin.
Work
v. t.
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To set in motion or action; to direct the action of; to keep at work; to govern; to manage; as, to work a machine.
Work
v. t.
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To cause to ferment, as liquor.
Workable
a.
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Capable of being worked, or worth working; as, a workable mine; workable clay.
Workaday
n.
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See Workyday.
Workbag
n.
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A bag for holding implements or materials for work; especially, a reticule, or bag for holding needlework, and the like.
Workbasket
n.
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A basket for holding materials for needlework, or the like.
Workbench
n.
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A bench on which work is performed, as in a carpenter's shop.
Workbox
n.
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A box for holding instruments or materials for work.
Workday
n. & a.
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A day on which work is performed, as distinguished from Sunday, festivals, etc., a working day.
Worker
n.
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One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.
Worker
n.
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One of the neuter, or sterile, individuals of the social ants, bees, and white ants. The workers are generally females having the sexual organs imperfectly developed. See Ant, and White ant, under White.
Workfellow
n.
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One engaged in the same work with another; a companion in work.
Workfolk
n.
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People that labor.
Workful
a.
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Full of work; diligent.
Workhouses
pl.
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of Workhouse
Workhouse
n.
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A house where any manufacture is carried on; a workshop.
Workhouse
n.
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A house in which idle and vicious persons are confined to labor.