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work::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | knead |
| Type of | manipulate |
| Has types | masticate, proof |
| Verb group | crop, cultivate |
work the clay until it is soft.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | do work |
| Has types | job, turn a trick, travail, toil, tinker, take, subcontract, slave, serve, scab, rat, occupy, moonlight, moil, man, labour, labor, knuckle down, bank, grind, freelance, fink, fill, blackleg, farm, break one's back, fag, buckle down, drudge, drive, dig |
| Verb group | put to work |
| Derivation | worker |
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.
work::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | study |
| Type of | acquisition, learning |
mastering a second language requires a lot of work.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | act upon, influence |
| Type of | impact, affect, touch, bear upon, bear on, touch on |
| Has types | prejudice, color, colour, carry, dominate, blackmail, blackjack, fix, form, get at, imprint, manipulate, militate, persuade, prepossess, pressure, pull strings, pull wires, sway, swing, swing over |
The artist's work influenced the young painter.
She worked on her friends to support the political candidate.
work::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | forge, form, mold, mould, shape |
| Type of | create from raw stuff, create from raw material |
| Has types | grind, mound, mold, throw, model, machine, layer, cast, carve, puddle, mould, stamp, hill, cut out, beat, remold, reshape, handbuild, sinter, hand-build, roughcast, sculpture, sculpt, upset, preform, coil, swage, chip |
| Verb group | process, work on |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | employment |
| Type of | occupation, line of work, line, job, business |
| Has types | service, ministry, paper route, piecework, public service, engagement, sailing, seafaring, navigation, services, coaching job, telecommuting, coaching, teleworking, booking, work load, workload |
a lot of people are out of work.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | put to work |
| Type of | use, utilise, employ, utilize, apply |
| Has types | exercise, computerise, computerize, cybernate, exploit, overwork, rack, warm up, work out |
| Verb group | do work |
he is working his servants hard.
work::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | figure out, lick, puzzle out, solve, work out |
| Type of | understand |
| Has types | guess, answer, break, strike, riddle, resolve, infer |
| Derivation | workable |
this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out.
He could not work the math problem.
work::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | piece of work |
| Type of | production, product |
| Has types | polychrome, work in progress, woodwork, lacework, lacquerware, handiwork, leatherwork, follow-up, followup, handicraft, wicker, workpiece, handwork, handcraft, ironwork, openwork, caning, publication, silverwork, wickerwork, chef-d'oeuvre, masterpiece, metalwork |
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.
work::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | act |
| Type of | succeed, win, deliver the goods, come through, bring home the bacon |
| Verb group | wreak, play, make for, bring |
| Derivation | workable |
The voting process doesn't work as well as people thought.
How does your idea work in practice?.
This method doesn't work.
The medicine works only if you take it with a lot of water.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | workplace |
| Type of | geographical point, geographic point |
| Has types | beehive, bakehouse, piscary, pit, oyster bed, oyster park, research lab, lumberyard, research laboratory, rope yard, ropewalk, studio, roundhouse, bakery, tannery, brokerage, telephone exchange, science lab, test bed, brokerage house, science laboratory, central, workshop, colliery, bakeshop, creamery, drill site, oyster bank, exchange, farm, fish farm, fishery, forge, gasworks, glassworks, ironworks, waterworks, job, smithy, lab, shipyard, laboratory, laundry, shop, proving ground, shop floor, location |
he arrived at work early today.
work::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | body of work, oeuvre |
| Type of | output, end product |
| Has types | writing |
Picasso's work can be divided into periods.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | exercise, work out |
| Type of | put to work |
| Has types | warm up |
| Verb group | work out, exercise |
My personal trainer works me hard.
work one's muscles.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | ferment, sour, turn |
| Type of | turn, change state |
| Verb group | ferment |
The wine worked.
work::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | activity |
| Has types | spadework, subbing, substituting, task, timework, tending, busywork, care, coursework, duty, heavy lifting, housekeeping, housewifery, housework, welfare work, investigating, investigation, ironing, job, labor, labour, lavation, washing, action, logging, loose end, make-work, wash, mission, missionary work, unfinished business, nightwork, operation, aid, attention, paperwork, undertaking, polishing, procedure, project, toil, service, shining, social service |
she checked several points needing further work.
work::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Has types | slog, skipper, muck about, page, peg away, plug away, monkey around, monkey, mess around, minister, work through, work on, clerk, carpenter, whore, assist, waitress, cooperate, specialise, work at, get together, skimp, specialize, potter, collaborate, wait, keep one's shoulder to the wheel, busy, electioneer, volunteer, keep one's nose to the grindstone, pull one's weight, join forces, intern, putter, run through, beaver, go through, scant, tinker, occupy, beaver away, muck around, serve, boondoggle |
| Verb group | do work |
| Derivation | worker |
I will work hard to improve my grades.
she worked hard for better living conditions for the poor.
work::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Verb group | do work |
She works the night clubs.
The salesman works the Midwest.
This artist works mostly in acrylics.
work::noun | Spocien Dictionary
(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
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | energy, free energy |
work equals force times distance.
Examples of work
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Lytle's mission work wasn't just limited to educational and spiritual endeavors.
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Workers must have the thinking skills vital to putting the basic skills to work.
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The screens that are part of the first round of work have been there since 1992.
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Like many things, it looks effortless when you've done all the hard work before.
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After all, people in China, India, Indonesia and the Philippines need work, too.
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There are places where we ought to be able to work together and get things done.
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It's frustrating when your muscles and mind won't work the way you want them to.
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To that end Robben and the Dragons are going to spend this week putting in work.
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He's the type of kid you want to work with because he wants to improve his game.
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- Activity directed toward making or doing something; "she checked several points needing further work"
- 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"
- 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"; ...
- 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"
- Employment: the occupation for which you are paid; "he is looking for employment"; "a lot of people are out of work"
- 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"
- Work is a 1915 silent film starring Charlie Chaplin (his eighth film for Essanay Films), and co-starring Edna Purviance, Marta Golden and Charles Insley. It was filmed at the Majestic Studio in Los Angeles.
- Work is a 2010 album by Swedish indie rock band Shout Out Louds. It was released in the United States and Canada on February 23, 2010, in Scandinavia on February 24, 2010, and in Germany, Australia, Switzerland, and Austria on February 26, 2010. ...
- A work of art, artwork, art piece, piece of art or art object is an aesthetic physical item or artistic creation. Apart from "work of art", which may be used of any work regarded as art in its widest sense, including works from literature and music, these terms apply principally to tangible, portable forms of visual art:
