work

1. noun

1)

a day's work in the fields

Syn:

labour, toil, slog, drudgery, exertion, effort; informal grind, sweat; Brit.; informal graft

2)

I'm looking for work

Syn:

employment, job, post, position, situation, occupation, profession, career, vocation, calling

3)

haven't you got any work?

Syn:

tasks, jobs, duties, assignments, projects, chores

4)

works of literature

Syn:

composition, piece, creation, opus

5)

this is the work of a radical faction

Syn:

handiwork, doing, act, deed

6)

a lifetime spent doing good works

Syn:

deeds, acts, actions, turns

7)

the complete works of Shakespeare

Syn:

writings, oeuvre, canon, output

8)

a car works

Syn:

factory, plant, mill, workshop, facility

9)

the works of a clock

Syn:

mechanism, machinery, workings, parts, movement, action; informal insides

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Ant:

leisure, pleasure

2. verb

1)

staff worked late into the night

Syn:

labour, toil, exert oneself, slave (away); informal slog (away), beaver away; Brit.; informal graft

2)

he worked in education for years

Syn:

be employed, have a job, earn one's living, do business

3)

farmers worked the land

Syn:

cultivate, farm, till, plough

4)

his car was working perfectly

Syn:

function, go, run, operate; informal behave

5)

how do I work this machine?

Syn:

operate, use, handle, control, manipulate, run

6)

their ploy worked

Syn:

succeed, turn out well, go as planned, get results, be effective; informal come off, pay off, do the trick

7)

blusher can work miracles

Syn:

achieve, accomplish, bring about, produce, perform

8)

he worked the crowd into a frenzy

Syn:

stir (up), excite, drive, move, rouse, fire, galvanize; whip up, agitate

9)

work the mixture into a paste

Syn:

knead, squeeze, form; mix, stir, blend

10)

he worked the blade into the padlock

Syn:

manipulate, manoeuvre, guide, squeeze, edge

11)

he worked his way through the crowd

Syn:

manoeuvre, make, thread, wind, weave, wend, elbow

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Ant:

rest, fail

Phrases:

work something out