a damaging piece of work; "dry rot did the job of destroying the barn"; "the barber did a real job on my hair"
the performance of a piece of work; "she did an outstanding job as Ophelia"; "he gave it up as a bad job"
the responsibility to do something; "it is their job to print the truth"
a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee; "estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars"; "the job of repairing the engine took several hours"; "the endless task of classifying the samples"; "the farmer's morning chores"
a workplace; as in the expression "on the job";
an object worked on; a result produced by working; "he held the job in his left hand and worked on it with his right"
a book in the Old Testament containing Job's pleas to God about his afflictions and God's reply
(computer science) a program application that may consist of several steps but is a single logical unit
any long-suffering person who withstands affliction without despairing
a Jewish hero in the Old Testament who maintained his faith in God in spite of afflictions that tested him
work occasionally; "As a student I jobbed during the semester breaks"
profit privately from public office and official business
trade name of a company that produces musical recordings; "the artists and repertoire department of a recording label is responsible for finding new talent"
a brief description given for purposes of identification; "the label Modern is applied to many different kinds of architecture"
an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object
a radioactive isotope that is used in a compound in order to trace the mechanism of a chemical reaction
distinguish (an element or atom) by using a radioactive isotope or an isotope of unusual mass for tracing through chemical reactions
distinguish (as a compound or molecule) by introducing a labeled atom
assign a label to; designate with a label; "These students were labelled `learning disabled'"
the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction); "the kids played their music at full volume"
a publication that is one of a set of several similar publications; "the third volume was missing"; "he asked for the 1989 volume of the Annual Review"
the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object; "the gas expanded to twice its original volume"
a relative amount; "mix one volume of the solution with ten volumes of water"
a low level or position or degree; "the stock market fell to a new low"
British political cartoonist (born in New Zealand) who created the character Colonel Blimp (1891-1963)
an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation; "a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow"
literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension; "low ceilings"; "low clouds"; "low hills"; "the sun is low"; "low furniture"; "a low bow"
less than normal in degree or intensity or amount; "low prices"; "the reservoir is low"
used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency
very low in volume; "a low murmur"; "the low-toned murmur of the surf"
unrefined in character; "low comedy"
in a low position; near the ground; "the branches hung low"
furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy; "they had too much furniture for the small apartment"; "there was only one piece of furniture in the room"