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  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Work  \Work\,  n.  [OE.  work  werk,  weork,  AS  weorc  worc;  akin  to 
  OFries  werk,  wirk,  OS.,  D.,  &  G.  werk,  OHG.  werc,  werah, 
  Icel.  &  Sw  verk,  Dan.  v[ae]rk,  Goth.  gawa['u]rki,  Gr  ?,  ?, 
  work  ?  to  do  ?  an  instrument,  ?  secret  rites,  Zend  verez  to 
  work  ????.  Cf  {Bulwark},  {Energy},  {Erg},  {Georgic}, 
  {Liturgy},  {Metallurgy},  {Organ},  {Surgeon},  {Wright}.] 
  1.  Exertion  of  strength  or  faculties;  physical  or 
  intellectual  effort  directed  to  an  end  industrial 
  activity;  toil;  employment;  sometimes  specifically, 
  physically  labor. 
 
  Man  hath  his  daily  work  of  body  or  mind  Appointed. 
  --Milton. 
 
  2.  The  matter  on  which  one  is  at  work  that  upon  which  one 
  spends  labor;  material  for  working  upon  subject  of 
  exertion;  the  thing  occupying  one  business;  duty;  as  to 
  take  up  one's  work  to  drop  one's  work 
 
  Come  on  Nerissa  I  have  work  in  hand  That  you  yet 
  know  not  of  --Shak. 
 
  In  every  work  that  he  began  .  .  .  he  did  it  with  all 
  his  heart,  and  prospered.  --2  Chron. 
  xxxi.  21. 
 
  3.  That  which  is  produced  as  the  result  of  labor;  anything 
  accomplished  by  exertion  or  toil;  product;  performance; 
  fabric;  manufacture;  in  a  more  general  sense  act  deed, 
  service,  effect,  result,  achievement,  feat. 
 
  To  leave  no  rubs  or  blotches  in  the  work  --Shak. 
 
  The  work  some  praise,  And  some  the  architect. 
  --Milton. 
 
  Fancy  .  .  .  Wild  work  produces  oft,  and  most  in 
  dreams.  --Milton. 
 
  The  composition  or  dissolution  of  mixed  bodies  .  .  . 
  is  the  chief  work  of  elements.  --Sir  K. 
  Digby 
 
  4.  Specifically: 
  a  That  which  is  produced  by  mental  labor;  a  composition; 
  a  book;  as  a  work  or  the  works  of  Addison. 
  b  Flowers,  figures,  or  the  like  wrought  with  the 
  needle;  embroidery. 
 
  I  am  glad  I  have  found  this  napkin;  .  .  .  I'll 
  have  the  work  ta'en  out  And  give  't  Iago. 
  --Shak. 
  c  pl  Structures  in  civil,  military,  or  naval 
  engineering,  as  docks,  bridges,  embankments,  trenches, 
  fortifications,  and  the  like  also  the  structures  and 
  grounds  of  a  manufacturing  establishment;  as  iron 
  works  locomotive  works  gas  works 
  d  pl  The  moving  parts  of  a  mechanism;  as  the  works  of 
  a  watch. 
 
  5.  Manner  of  working;  management;  treatment;  as  unskillful 
  work  spoiled  the  effect.  --Bp.  Stillingfleet 
 
  6.  (Mech.)  The  causing  of  motion  against  a  resisting  force. 
  The  amount  of  work  is  proportioned  to  and  is  measured  by 
  the  product  of  the  force  into  the  amount  of  motion  along 
  the  direction  of  the  force.  See  {Conservation  of  energy}, 
  under  {Conservation},  {Unit  of  work},  under  {Unit},  also 
  {Foot  pound},  {Horse  power},  {Poundal},  and  {Erg}. 
 
  Energy  is  the  capacity  of  doing  work  .  .  .  Work  is 
  the  transference  of  energy  from  one  system  to 
  another.  --Clerk 
  Maxwell. 
 
  7.  (Mining)  Ore  before  it  is  dressed.  --Raymond. 
 
  8.  pl  (Script.)  Performance  of  moral  duties;  righteous 
  conduct. 
 
  He  shall  reward  every  man  according  to  his  works 
  --Matt.  xvi. 
  27. 
 
  Faith,  if  it  hath  not  works  is  dead.  --James  ii 
  17. 
 
  {Muscular  work}  (Physiol.),  the  work  done  by  a  muscle  through 
  the  power  of  contraction. 
 
  {To  go  to  work},  to  begin  laboring;  to  commence  operations; 
  to  contrive;  to  manage.  ``I  'll  go  another  way  to  work 
  with  him.''  --Shak. 
 
  {To  set  on  work},  to  cause  to  begin  laboring;  to  set  to  work 
  [Obs.]  --Hooker. 
 
  {To  set  to  work},  to  employ;  to  cause  to  engage  in  any 
  business  or  labor. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Work  \Work\,  v.  t. 
  1.  To  labor  or  operate  upon  to  give  exertion  and  effort  to 
  to  prepare  for  use  or  to  utilize,  by  labor. 
 
  He  could  have  told  them  of  two  or  three  gold  mines, 
  and  a  silver  mine,  and  given  the  reason  why  they 
  forbare  to  work  them  at  that  time.  --Sir  W. 
  Raleigh. 
 
  2.  To  produce  or  form  by  labor;  to  bring  forth  by  exertion  or 
  toil;  to  accomplish;  to  originate;  to  effect;  as  to  work 
  wood  or  iron  into  a  form  desired,  or  into  a  utensil;  to 
  work  cotton  or  wool  into  cloth. 
 
  Each  herb  he  knew,  that  works  or  good  or  ill. 
  --Harte. 
 
  3.  To  produce  by  slow  degrees,  or  as  if  laboriously;  to  bring 
  gradually  into  any  state  by  action  or  motion.  ``Sidelong 
  he  works  his  way.''  --Milton. 
 
  So  the  pure,  limpid  stream,  when  foul  with  stains  Of 
  rushing  torrents  and  descending  rains,  Works  itself 
  clear,  and  as  it  runs,  refines,  Till  by  degrees  the 
  floating  mirror  shines.  --Addison. 
 
  4.  To  influence  by  acting  upon  to  prevail  upon  to  manage; 
  to  lead.  ``Work  your  royal  father  to  his  ruin.'' 
  --Philips. 
 
  5.  To  form  with  a  needle  and  thread  or  yarn;  especially,  to 
  embroider;  as  to  work  muslin. 
 
  6.  To  set  in  motion  or  action  to  direct  the  action  of  to 
  keep  at  work  to  govern;  to  manage;  as  to  work  a  machine. 
 
  Knowledge  in  building  and  working  ships. 
  --Arbuthnot. 
 
  Now  Marcus,  thy  virtue's  the  proof;  Put  forth  thy 
  utmost  strength,  work  every  nerve.  --Addison. 
 
  The  mariners  all  'gan  work  the  ropes,  Where  they 
  were  wont  to  do  --Coleridge. 
 
  7.  To  cause  to  ferment,  as  liquor. 
 
  {To  work  a  passage}  (Naut.),  to  pay  for  a  passage  by  doing 
  work 
 
  {To  work  double  tides}  (Naut.),  to  perform  the  labor  of  three 
  days  in  two  --  a  phrase  which  alludes  to  a  practice  of 
  working  by  the  night  tide  as  well  as  by  the  day 
 
  {To  work  in},  to  insert,  introduce,  mingle,  or  interweave  by 
  labor  or  skill. 
 
  {To  work  into},  to  force,  urge,  or  insinuate  into  as  to 
  work  one's  self  into  favor  or  confidence. 
 
  {To  work  off},  to  remove  gradually,  as  by  labor,  or  a  gradual 
  process;  as  beer  works  off  impurities  in  fermenting. 
 
  {To  work  out}. 
  a  To  effect  by  labor  and  exertion.  ``Work  out  your  own 
  salvation  with  fear  and  trembling.''  --Phil.  ii  12. 
  b  To  erase;  to  efface.  [R.] 
 
  Tears  of  joy  for  your  returning  spilt,  Work  out 
  and  expiate  our  former  guilt.  --Dryden. 
  c  To  solve,  as  a  problem. 
  d  To  exhaust,  as  a  mine,  by  working. 
 
  {To  work  up}. 
  a  To  raise;  to  excite;  to  stir  up  as  to  work  up  the 
  passions  to  rage. 
 
  The  sun,  that  rolls  his  chariot  o'er  their 
  heads,  Works  up  more  fire  and  color  in  their 
  cheeks.  --Addison. 
  b  To  expend  in  any  work  as  materials;  as  they  have 
  worked  up  all  the  stock. 
  c  (Naut.)  To  make  over  or  into  something  else,  as  yarns 
  drawn  from  old  rigging,  made  into  spun  yarn,  foxes, 
  sennit,  and  the  like  also  to  keep  constantly  at  work 
  upon  needless  matters,  as  a  crew  in  order  to  punish 
  them  --R.  H.  Dana,  Jr 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Work  \Work\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Worked},  or  {Wrought};  p.  pr 
  &  vb  n.  {Working}.]  [AS.  wyrcean  (imp.  worthe,  wrohte,  p.  p. 
  geworht  gewroht);  akin  to  OFries  werka,  wirka  OS  wirkian 
  D.  werken,  G.  wirken,  Icel.  verka,  yrkja  orka,  Goth. 
  wa['u]rkjan.  [root]145.  See  {Work},  n.] 
  1.  To  exert  one's  self  for  a  purpose;  to  put  forth  effort  for 
  the  attainment  of  an  object;  to  labor;  to  be  engaged  in 
  the  performance  of  a  task,  a  duty,  or  the  like 
 
  O  thou  good  Kent,  how  shall  I  live  and  work  To 
  match  thy  goodness?  --Shak. 
 
  Go  therefore  now  and  work  for  there  shall  no  straw 
  be  given  you  --Ex.  v.  18. 
 
  Whether  we  work  or  play,  or  sleep  or  wake,  Our  life 
  doth  pass.  --Sir  J. 
  Davies. 
 
  2.  Hence  in  a  general  sense  to  operate;  to  act  to  perform; 
  as  a  machine  works  well 
 
  We  bend  to  that  the  working  of  the  heart.  --Shak. 
 
  3.  Hence  figuratively,  to  be  effective;  to  have  effect  or 
  influence;  to  conduce. 
 
  We  know  that  all  things  work  together  for  good  to 
  them  that  love  God.  --Rom.  viii. 
  28. 
 
  This  so  wrought  upon  the  child,  that  afterwards  he 
  desired  to  be  taught.  --Locke. 
 
  She  marveled  how  she  could  ever  have  been  wrought 
  upon  to  marry  him  --Hawthorne. 
 
  4.  To  carry  on  business;  to  be  engaged  or  employed 
  customarily;  to  perform  the  part  of  a  laborer;  to  labor; 
  to  toil. 
 
  They  that  work  in  fine  flax  .  .  .  shall  be 
  confounded.  --Isa.  xix.  9. 
 
  5.  To  be  in  a  state  of  severe  exertion,  or  as  if  in  such  a 
  state;  to  be  tossed  or  agitated;  to  move  heavily;  to 
  strain;  to  labor;  as  a  ship  works  in  a  heavy  sea. 
 
  Confused  with  working  sands  and  rolling  waves. 
  --Addison. 
 
  6.  To  make  one's  way  slowly  and  with  difficulty;  to  move  or 
  penetrate  laboriously;  to  proceed  with  effort;  --  with  a 
  following  preposition,  as  down  out  into  up  through 
  and  the  like  as  scheme  works  out  by  degrees;  to  work 
  into  the  earth. 
 
  Till  body  up  to  spirit  work  in  bounds  Proportioned 
  to  each  kind  --Milton. 
 
  7.  To  ferment,  as  a  liquid. 
 
  The  working  of  beer  when  the  barm  is  put  in 
  --Bacon. 
 
  8.  To  act  or  operate  on  the  stomach  and  bowels,  as  a 
  cathartic. 
 
  Purges  .  .  .  work  best,  that  is  cause  the  blood  so 
  to  do  .  .  .  in  warm  weather  or  in  a  warm  room 
  --Grew. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Work  \Work\,  n. 
  1.  (Cricket)  Break;  twist.  [Cant] 
 
  2.  (Mech.)  The  causing  of  motion  against  a  resisting  force, 
  measured  by  the  product  of  the  force  into  the  component  of 
  the  motion  resolved  along  the  direction  of  the  force. 
 
  Energy  is  the  capacity  of  doing  work  .  .  .  Work  is 
  the  transference  of  energy  from  one  system  to 
  another.  --Clerk 
  Maxwell. 
 
  3.  (Mining)  Ore  before  it  is  dressed. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  work 
  n  1:  activity  directed  toward  making  or  doing  something  "she 
  checked  several  points  needing  further  work" 
  2:  something  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";  "erosion  is  the  work  of  wind  or 
  water  over  time"  [syn:  {piece  of  work}] 
  3:  the  occupation  for  which  you  are  paid;  "he  is  looking  for  a 
  job";  "a  lot  of  people  are  out  of  work"  [syn:  {job},  {employment}] 
  4:  applying  the  mind  to  learning  and  understanding  a  subject 
  (especially  by  reading);  "mastering  a  second  language 
  requires  a  lot  of  work";  "no  schools  offer  graduate  study 
  in  interior  design"  [syn:  {study}] 
  5:  the  total  output  of  a  writer  or  artist  (or  a  substantial 
  part  of  it);  "he  studied  the  entire  Wagnerian  oeuvre"; 
  "Picasso's  work  can  be  divided  into  periods"  [syn:  {oeuvre}, 
  {body  of  work}] 
  6:  a  place  where  work  is  done  "he  arrived  at  work  early  today" 
  [syn:  {workplace}] 
  7:  (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;  "work  equals  force 
  times  distance" 
  v  1:  exert  oneself  by  doing  mental  or  physical  work  [ant:  {idle}] 
  2:  be  employed;  "Is  your  husband  working  again?"  "My  wife  never 
  worked"  [syn:  {do  work}] 
  3:  have  a  desired  effect;  do  the  trick;  "This  method  doesn't 
  work";  "The  breaks  of  my  new  car  act  quickly"  [syn:  {act}] 
  4:  work  in  a  specific  place  with  a  specific  subject,  or  in  a 
  specific  function;  "He  is  a  herpetologist;  "She  is  our 
  resident  philosopher";  "She  works  as  a  waitress  to  put 
  herself  through  law  school"  [syn:  {be},  {follow}] 
  5:  function  properly;  "The  washing  machine  won't  go  unless  it's 
  plugged  in"  [syn:  {function},  {operate},  {go},  {run}] 
  [ant:  {malfunction}] 
  6:  shape,  form  or  improve  something:  "work  stone  into  tools"; 
  "process  iron"  [syn:  {work  on},  {process}] 
  7:  give  a  work-out  to:  "Some  parents  exercise  their  infants" 
  [syn:  {exercise}] 
  8:  work  one's  way  through  a  problem  or  task;  "Start  from  the 
  bottom  and  work  towards  the  top" 
  9:  operate  in  a  certain  place  area,  or  specialty;  "She  works 
  the  night  clubs";  "The  salesman  works  the  Midwest";  "This 
  artist  works  mostly  in  acrylics" 
  10:  ferment;  "What  is  working  in  the  minds  of  the  people?"  [syn: 
  {operate}] 
  11:  pick  one's  way  [syn:  {make  one's  way},  {airt},  {work  one's 
  way}] 
  12:  cause  to  happen  or  to  occur  as  a  consequence;  "wreak  havoc"; 
  "bring  comments";  "play  a  joke";  "The  rain  brought  relief 
  to  the  drought-stricken  area"  [syn:  {bring},  {play},  {wreak}, 
  {make  for}] 
  13:  move  in  ran  agitated  manner;  "His  fingers  worked  with 
  tension" 
  14:  cause  to  work  "he  is  working  his  servants  hard"  [syn:  {put 
  to  work}] 
  15:  prepare  for  crops,  of  soil  [syn:  {cultivate},  {crop}] 
  16:  deal  with  verbally  or  in  some  form  of  artistic  expression; 
  "This  book  deals  with  incest";  "The  course  covered  all  of 
  Western  Civilization"  [syn:  {cover},  {treat},  {handle},  {plow}, 
  {deal},  {address}] 
  17:  make  uniform,  as  of  dough  or  clay  [syn:  {knead}] 
  18:  find  the  solution  to  (a  problem  or  question):"did  you  solve 
  the  problem?";  understand  the  meaning  of  "did  you  get 
  it?";  "Did  you  get  my  meaning?"  [syn:  {solve},  {figure 
  out},  {puzzle  out},  {lick}] 




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