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work: activity directed toward making or doing something; "she checked several points needing further work"; 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"; "erosion is the work of wind or water over time"; (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"; arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion; "The stitches of the hem worked loose after she wore the skirt many times"; move into or onto; "work the raisins into the dough"; "the student worked a few jokes into his presentation"; "work the body onto the flatbed truck"; shape, form, or improve a material; "work stone into tools"; "process iron"; "work the metal"; gratify and charm, usually in order to influence; "the political candidate worked the crowds"; move in an agitated manner; "His fingers worked with tension"; provoke or excite; "The rock musician worked the crowd of young girls into a frenzy"; proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity; "work your way through every problem or task"; "She was working on her second martini when the guests arrived"; "Start from the bottom and work towards the top"; cause to work; "he is working his servants hard"; 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"; 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"; cause to operate or function; "This pilot works the controls"; "Can you work an electric drill?"; operate in or through; "Work the phones"; 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"; operate in a certain place, area, or specialty; "She works the night clubs"; "The salesman works the Midwest"; "This artist works mostly in acrylics"; behave in a certain way when handled; "This dough does not work easily"; "The soft metal works well"

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manual labor collapse: labor done with the hands

drudgery collapse: hard monotonous routine work

dirty work collapse

busywork collapse: active work of little value; "while he was waiting he filled the days with busywork"

odd job collapse

hard labor collapse

moonlight collapse: the light of the moon; "moonlight is the smuggler's enemy"; "the moon was bright enough to read by"; work a second job, usually after hours; "The law student is moonlighting as a taxi driver"

spadework collapse: dull or routine preliminary work preparing for an undertaking

hard job collapse

soft cover collapse

paperback collapse: (of books) having a flexible binding

tome collapse: a (usually) large and scholarly book

slavery collapse: the practice of owning slaves; work done under harsh conditions for little or no pay

psalmbook collapse

psalter collapse: a collection of Psalms for liturgical use

art work collapse

work at collapse: to exert effort in order to do, make, or perform something; "the child worked at the multiplication table until she had it down cold"

chore collapse

travail collapse

rat race collapse: an exhausting routine that leaves no time for relaxation

homework collapse: preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home)

playbook collapse: a scheme or set of strategies for conducting a business campaign or a political campaign; "they borrowed a page from the playbook of the opposition"; a book containing the scripts of one or more dramatic plays; "the 1963 playbook leaves out the whole first scene"; a notebook containing descriptions and diagrams of the plays that a team has practiced (especially an American football team)

work for collapse

work wonders collapse

on duty collapse

overwork collapse: the act of working too much or too long; "he became ill from overwork"; use too much; "This play has been overworked"; work excessively hard; "he is exploiting the students"