work
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noun
exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something;labor; toil.
productive or operative activity.
employment, as in some form of industry, especially as a meansof earning one’s livelihood:to look for work.
one’s place of employment:Don’t phone him at work.
something on which exertion or labor is expended; a task orundertaking:The students finished their work in class.
materials, things, etc., on which one is working or is to work.
the result of exertion, labor, or activity; a deed or performance.
a product of exertion, labor, or activity:musical works.
Often works. an engineering structure, as a building or bridge.
a building, wall, trench, or the like, constructed or made as ameans of fortification.
works,
- ( used with a singular or plural verb )a place or establishment formanufacturing (often used in combination):ironworks.
- the working parts of a machine:the works of a watch.
- Theology . righteous deeds.
Physics . force times the distance through which it acts;specifically, the transference of energy equal to the product of thecomponent of a force that acts in the direction of the motion ofthe point of application of the force and the distance throughwhich the point of application moves.
the works, Informal .
- everything; all related items or matters:a hamburger with the works.
- harsh or cruel treatment:to give someone the works.