(noun.) activity directed toward making or doing something; 'she checked several points needing further work'.
(noun.) a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing; 'it is not regarded as one of his more memorable works'; 'the symphony was hailed as an ingenious work'; 'he was indebted to the pioneering work of John Dewey'; 'the work of an active imagination'; 'erosion is the work of wind or water over time'.
(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; 'work equals force times distance'.
(verb.) shape, form, or improve a material; 'work stone into tools'; 'process iron'; 'work the metal'.
(verb.) move in an agitated manner; 'His fingers worked with tension'.
(verb.) proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity; 'work your way through every problem or task'; 'She was working on her second martini when the guests arrived'; 'Start from the bottom and work towards the top'.
(verb.) cause to work; 'he is working his servants hard'.
(verb.) be employed; 'Is your husband working again?'; 'My wife never worked'; 'Do you want to work after the age of 60?'; 'She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money'; 'She works as a waitress to put herself through college'.
(verb.) exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; 'I will work hard to improve my grades'; 'she worked hard for better living conditions for the poor'.
(verb.) have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected; 'The voting process doesn't work as well as people thought'; 'How does your idea work in practice?'; 'This method doesn't work'; 'The breaks of my new car act quickly'; 'The medicine works only if you take it with a lot of water'.
(verb.) operate in a certain place, area, or specialty; 'She works the night clubs'; 'The salesman works the Midwest'; 'This artist works mostly in acrylics'.
(verb.) arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion; 'The stitches of the hem worked loose after she wore the skirt many times'.
(verb.) gratify and charm, usually in order to influence; 'the political candidate worked the crowds'.
(verb.) provoke or excite; 'The rock musician worked the crowd of young girls into a frenzy'.
(verb.) behave in a certain way when handled; 'This dough does not work easily'; 'The soft metal works well'.
(verb.) operate in or through; 'Work the phones'.
(verb.) cause to operate or function; 'This pilot works the controls'; 'Can you work an electric drill?'.
(verb.) move into or onto; 'work the raisins into the dough'; 'the student worked a few jokes into his presentation'; 'work the body onto the flatbed truck'.
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