Work

noun

/wɜːk/

Word Frequency: 521.8

Definitions

1.noun(heading) Employment.

2.noun(heading) Effort.

3.nounSustained effort to achieve a goal or result, especially overcoming obstacles.

"We don't have much time. Let's get to work piling up those sandbags."

4.noun(heading) Product; the result of effort.

5.nounThe staging of events to appear as real.

6.nounOre before it is dressed.

7.nounThe equipment needed to inject a drug (syringes, needles, swabs etc.)

"Tell me you're using clean works at least."

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