work

\ ˈwərk \

worked\ ˈwərkt \ or wrought\ ˈrȯt \; working

Definition of work

(Entry 1 of 3)

1a: to perform work or fulfill duties regularly for wages or salaryworks in publishing

b: to perform or carry through a task requiring sustained effort or continuous repeated operationsworked all day over a hot stove

c: to exert oneself physically or mentally especially in sustained effort for a purpose or under compulsion or necessity

2: to function or operate according to plan or designhinges work better with oil

3: to produce a desired effect or result : SUCCEEDa plan that will work

4: to exert an influence or tendency

5a: to make way slowly and with difficulty : move or progress laboriouslyworked up to the presidency

b: to sail to windward

6a: to move slightly in relation to another part

b: to get into a specified condition by slow or imperceptible movementsthe knot worked loose

c: to be in agitation or restless motion

7: to permit of being worked : react in a specified way to being workedthis wood works easily

1: to set or keep in motion, operation, or activity : cause to operate or producea pump worked by handwork farmland

2: to bring to pass : EFFECTwork miracles

3: to solve (a problem) by reasoning or calculation —often used with out

4a: to cause to toil or laborworked their horses nearly to death

b: to make use of : EXPLOIT

c: to control or guide the operation ofswitches are worked from a central tower

5a: to carry on an operation or perform a job through, at, in, or alongthe peddler worked the cornera sportscaster hired to work the game

b: to greet and talk with in a friendly way in order to ingratiate oneself or achieve a purposepoliticians working the crowdworked the room

6: to pay for or achieve with labor or serviceworked my way through collegeworked my way up in the company

7a: to prepare for use by stirring or kneading

b: to bring into a desired form by a gradual process of cutting, hammering, scraping, pressing, or stretchingwork cold steel

8a: to fashion or create a useful or desired product by expending labor or exertion on : FORGE, SHAPEwork flint into tools

b: to make or decorate with needleworkespecially : EMBROIDER

9a: to get (oneself or an object) into or out of a condition or position by gradual stages

b: CONTRIVE, ARRANGEwe can work it so that you can take your vacation

10a: EXCITE, PROVOKEworked myself into a rage

b: to practice trickery or cajolery on for some endworked the management for a free ticket

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