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"Work" Definition

noun

A factory, plant, or similar building or complex of buildings where a specific type of business or industry is carried on. Often used in combination: a steelworks.
A fortified structure, such as a trench or fortress.
A job; employment: looking for work.
A material or piece of material being processed in a machine during manufacture: work to be turned in the lathe.
A piece of such textile art.

verb-intransitive

Nautical To sail against the wind.
Nautical To strain in heavy seas so that the joints give slightly and the fastenings become slack. Used of a boat or ship.
To arrive at a specified condition through gradual or repeated movement: The stitches worked loose.
To be employed; have a job.
To behave in a specified way when handled or processed: Not all metals work easily.

adjective

Of, relating to, designed for, or engaged in work.
Used for work.
Suitable or styled for wear while.
Involving or engaged in work.

phrasal-verb

Work in To cause to be inserted by repeated or continuous effort.
Work in To insert or introduce: worked in a request for money.
Work in To make an opening for, as in a schedule: said the doctor would try to work her in.
Work into To cause to be inserted in by repeated or continuous effort: worked the pick into the lock.
Work into To insert or introduce into.

verb

To bring to pass.
To fashion or create a useful or desired product by expending labor or exertion on.
To make or decorate with needlework.
To prepare for use by stirring or kneading.
To bring into a desired form by a gradual process of cutting, hammering, scraping, pressing, or stretching.

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