obras

Phonetic: "/wɜːks/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: (heading) Employment.

Definition: (heading) Effort.

Definition: Sustained effort to achieve a goal or result, especially overcoming obstacles.

Example: We don't have much time. Let's get to work piling up those sandbags.

Definition: (heading) Product; the result of effort.

Definition: The staging of events to appear as real.

Definition: Ore before it is dressed.

Definition: The equipment needed to inject a drug (syringes, needles, swabs etc.)

Example: Tell me you're using clean works at least.

Phonetic: "/wɜːks/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.

Example: He’s working in a bar.

Definition: To effect by gradual degrees.

Example: he worked his way through the crowd

Definition: To embroider with thread.

Definition: To set into action.

Example: He worked the levers.

Definition: To cause to ferment.

Definition: To ferment.

Definition: To exhaust, by working.

Example: The mine was worked until the last scrap of ore had been extracted.

Definition: To shape, form, or improve a material.

Example: He used pliers to work the wire into shape.

Definition: To operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.

Example: she works the night clubs

Definition: To operate in or through; as, to work the phones.

Definition: To provoke or excite; to influence.

Example: The rock musician worked the crowd of young girls into a frenzy.

Definition: To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.

Example: She knows how to work the system.

Definition: To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.

Example: I cannot work a miracle.

Definition: To cause to work.

Example: He is working his servants hard.

Definition: To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.

Example: he pointed at the car and asked, "Does it work"?;  he looked at the bottle of pain pills, wondering if they would work;  my plan didn’t work

Definition: To influence.

Example: They worked on her to join the group.

Definition: To effect by gradual degrees; as, to work into the earth.

Definition: To move in an agitated manner.

Example: A ship works in a heavy sea.

Definition: To behave in a certain way when handled

Example: this dough does not work easily;  the soft metal works well

Definition: (with two objects) To cause (someone) to feel (something); to do unto somebody (something, whether good or bad).

Definition: To hurt; to ache.

Phonetic: "/wɜːks/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A mechanism or machine; the means by which something happens.

Example: A stray wrench can really gum up the works.

Definition: A factory or factories, or similar collection(s) of buildings.

Example: The steel works almost fills the valley.

Definition: (with "the") Everything or everything that is available or possible; especially, all available toppings on food.

Example: I'll have a Behemoth Burger with the works.

Definition: (with "the") Drastic treatment; abuse; the axe (dismissal).