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."
8.verbTo do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers."He’s working in a bar."
9.verbTo effect by gradual degrees."he worked his way through the crowd"
10.verbTo embroider with thread.
11.verbTo set into action."He worked the levers."
12.verbTo cause to ferment.
13.verbTo ferment.
14.verbTo exhaust, by working."The mine was worked until the last scrap of ore had been extracted."
15.verbTo shape, form, or improve a material."He used pliers to work the wire into shape."
16.verbTo operate in a certain place, area, or speciality."she works the night clubs"
17.verbTo operate in or through; as, to work the phones.
18.verbTo provoke or excite; to influence."The rock musician worked the crowd of young girls into a frenzy."
19.verbTo use or manipulate to one’s advantage."She knows how to work the system."
20.verbTo cause to happen or to occur as a consequence."I cannot work a miracle."
21.verbTo cause to work."He is working his servants hard."
22.verbTo function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for."he pointed at the car and asked, "Does it work"?; he looked at the bottle of pain pills, wondering if they would work; my plan didn’t work"
23.verbTo influence."They worked on her to join the group."
24.verbTo effect by gradual degrees; as, to work into the earth.
25.verbTo move in an agitated manner."A ship works in a heavy sea."
26.verbTo behave in a certain way when handled"this dough does not work easily; the soft metal works well"
27.verb(with two objects) To cause (someone) to feel (something); to do unto somebody (something, whether good or bad).
28.verbTo hurt; to ache.
29.nounA mechanism or machine; the means by which something happens."A stray wrench can really gum up the works."
30.nounA factory or factories, or similar collection(s) of buildings."The steel works almost fills the valley."
31.noun(with "the") Everything or everything that is available or possible; especially, all available toppings on food."I'll have a Behemoth Burger with the works."
32.noun(with "the") Drastic treatment; abuse; the axe (dismissal).