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Meaning:

Noun:

  • countable A fortification.
  • countable A literary, artistic, or intellectual production.
  • uncountable Effort expended on a particular task.
  • uncountable Labour, employment, occupation, job.
  • physics A measure of energy expended in moving an object; most commonly, force times distance. No work is done if the object does not move.
  • slang|professional wrestling The staging of events to appear as real.
  • uncountable The place where one is employed.
  • thermodynamics A nonthermal First Law energy in transit between one form or repository and another. Also, a means of accomplishing such transit.[http://arxiv.org/pdf/physics/0004055 See http://arxiv.org/pdf/physics/0004055].

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Verb:

  • intransitive (''figuratively'') To influence.
  • intransitive To behave in a certain way when handled;
  • intransitive To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
  • intransitive To effect by gradual degrees; as, to work into the earth.
  • intransitive To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.
  • intransitive To move in an agitated manner.
  • Zymurgy To cause to ferment.
  • transitive To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
  • transitive To cause to work.
  • transitive To effect by gradual degrees.
  • transitive To embroider with thread.
  • transitive To exhaust, by working.
  • transitive To operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.
  • transitive To operate in or through; as, to work the phones.
  • transitive To provoke or excite; to influence.
  • transitive To set into action.
  • transitive To shape, form, or improve a material.
  • transitive To use or manipulate to one?s advantage.

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