Définitions
1.NounEmployment.
Labour, occupation, job."My work involves a lot of travel.; He hasn’t come home yet; he’s still at work.; I want to go to the reunion concert, but I'm not sure if my work will give me the time off."
2.NounLabour, occupation, job."My work involves a lot of travel."
3.NounThe place where one is employed."He hasn’t come home yet; he’s still at work."
4.NounOne's employer."I want to go to the reunion concert, but I'm not sure if my work will give me the time off."
5.NounA factory; a works.
6.NounEffort.
Effort expended on a particular task."Holding a brick over your head is hard work. It takes a lot of work to write a dictionary.; We know what we must do. Let's go to work.; We don't have much time. Let's get to work piling up those sandbags.; There's lots of work waiting for me at the office.; has had a lot of work done; putting in work; Work is done against friction to drag a bag along the ground."
7.NounEffort expended on a particular task."Holding a brick over your head is hard work. It takes a lot of work to write a dictionary."
8.NounSustained effort to overcome obstacles and achieve a result."We know what we must do. Let's go to work.; We don't have much time. Let's get to work piling up those sandbags."
9.NounSomething on which effort is expended."There's lots of work waiting for me at the office.; has had a lot of work done; putting in work"
10.NounCosmetic surgery."has had a lot of work done"
11.NounPrison gang violence."putting in work"
12.NounA measure of energy expended in moving an object; most commonly, force times distance. No work is done if the object does not move."Work is done against friction to drag a bag along the ground."
13.NounA measure of energy that is usefully extracted from a process: applied productively.
14.NounProduct; the result of effort.
The result of a particular manner of production."There's a lot of guesswork involved.; We've got some paperwork to do before we can get started. The piece was decorated with intricate filigree work.; It is a work of art.; the poetic works of Alexander Pope; William the Conqueror fortified many castles, throwing up new ramparts, bastions and all manner of works."
15.NounThe result of a particular manner of production."There's a lot of guesswork involved."
16.NounSomething produced using the specified material or tool."We've got some paperwork to do before we can get started. The piece was decorated with intricate filigree work."
17.NounA literary, artistic, or intellectual production; a creative work."It is a work of art.; the poetic works of Alexander Pope"
18.NounA fortification."William the Conqueror fortified many castles, throwing up new ramparts, bastions and all manner of works."
19.NounThe staging of events to appear as real.
20.NounOre before it is dressed.
21.NounThe equipment needed to inject a drug (syringes, needles, swabs etc.)"Tell me you're using clean works at least."
22.NounThe confident attitude of a drag queen.
23.VerbTo do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers."He's working in a bar.; I work in a national park.; She works in the human resources department.; He mostly works in logging but sometimes works in carpentry too.; I work as a cleaner.; She works for Microsoft.; He works for the President.; I work closely with my Canadian counterparts.; You work with computers, right?; She works with the homeless people from the suburbs.; She works the night clubs.; The salesman works the Midwest.; She's working the phones."
24.VerbSaid of one's workplace (building), or one's department, or one's trade (sphere of business) .mw-parser-output .object-usage-tag{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output .deprecated{color:var(--wikt-palette-grey-lime-8,olivedrab)}[with in or at]."I work in a national park.; She works in the human resources department.; He mostly works in logging but sometimes works in carpentry too."
25.VerbSaid of one's job title [with as]."I work as a cleaner."
26.VerbSaid of a company or individual who employs [with for]."She works for Microsoft.; He works for the President."
27.VerbGeneral use, said of either fellow employees or instruments or clients [with with]."I work closely with my Canadian counterparts.; You work with computers, right?; She works with the homeless people from the suburbs."
28.VerbTo work or operate in a certain place, area, or speciality."She works the night clubs.; The salesman works the Midwest."
29.VerbTo work or operate in, through, or by means of."She's working the phones."
30.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."
31.VerbTo cause to operate, be productive, behave a certain way, or happen.
To set into action."He worked the levers.; The mine was worked until the last scrap of ore had been extracted.; He used pliers to work the wire into shape.; The rock musician worked the crowd of young girls into a frenzy.; She knows how to work the system.; I cannot work a miracle.; He is working his servants hard."
32.VerbTo set into action."He worked the levers."
33.VerbTo exhaust, by working."The mine was worked until the last scrap of ore had been extracted."
34.VerbTo shape, form, or improve a material."He used pliers to work the wire into shape."
35.VerbTo provoke or excite; to influence."The rock musician worked the crowd of young girls into a frenzy."
36.VerbTo use or manipulate to one’s advantage."She knows how to work the system."
37.VerbTo cause to happen or to occur as a consequence."I cannot work a miracle."
38.VerbTo force to work."He is working his servants hard."
39.VerbTo move or progress slowly or with difficulty; to proceed with effort."to work into the earth; He worked his way through the crowd.; The dye worked its way through."
40.VerbTo move or progress slowly [with one's way]."He worked his way through the crowd.; The dye worked its way through."
41.VerbTo cause to move slowly or with difficulty."Using some tweezers, she worked the bee sting out of her hand."
42.VerbTo embroider with thread.
43.VerbTo ferment.
44.VerbTo cause to ferment.
45.VerbTo influence."They worked on her to join the group."
46.VerbTo move in an agitated manner."His fingers worked with tension.; A ship works in a heavy sea."
47.VerbTo behave in a certain way when handled"This dough does not work easily.; The soft metal works well."
48.VerbTo cause (someone) to feel (something); to do unto somebody (something, whether good or bad).
49.VerbTo hurt; to ache.
50.VerbTo pull off; to wear, perform, etc. successfully or to advantage."I would have never thought those pieces would go together, but she is working it like nobody's business."
51.VerbTo perform with a confident attitude, particularly as a drag queen.