Definitions for works
works
work
Spelling: [wurk]
IPA: /wɜrk/
Works is a 5 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.
You can make 36 anagrams from letters in works (korsw).
Definitions for works
noun
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exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
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productive or operative activity.
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employment, as in some form of industry, especially as a means of earning one's livelihood:
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one's place of employment:
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something on which exertion or labor is expended; a task or undertaking:
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materials, things, etc., on which one is working or is to work.
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the result of exertion, labor, or activity; a deed or performance.
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a product of exertion, labor, or activity:
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Often, works. an engineering structure, as a building or bridge.
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a building, wall, trench, or the like, constructed or made as a means of fortification.
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works.
(used with a singular or plural verb) a place or establishment for manufacturing (often used in combination):
the working parts of a machine:
Theology. righteous deeds.
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Physics. force times the distance through which it acts; specifically, the transference of energy equal to the product of the component of a force that acts in the direction of the motion of the point of application of the force and the distance through which the point of application moves.
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the works, Informal.
everything; all related items or matters:
harsh or cruel treatment:
Idioms
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at work,
working, as at one's job:
in action or operation:
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gum up the works, Slang. to spoil something, as through blundering or stupidity:
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in the works, in preparation or being planned:
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make short work of, to finish or dispose of quickly:
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out of work, unemployed; jobless:
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shoot the works, Slang. to spend all one's resources:
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work it, Informal.
to arrange something:
to show off one’s body or clothing to best effect, often through movement or posing:
adjective
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of, for, or concerning work:
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shaped and planed; working.
Verb phrases
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work in/into,
to bring or put in; add, merge, or blend:
to arrange a time or employment for:
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work off,
to lose or dispose of, as by exercise or labor:
to pay or fulfill by working:
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work on/upon, to exercise influence on; persuade; affect:
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work out,
to bring about by work, effort, or action.
to solve, as a problem.
to arrive at by or as by calculation.
to pay (a debt) by working instead of paying money.
to exhaust, as a mine.
to issue in a result.
to evolve; elaborate.
to amount to (a total or specified figure); add up (to):
to prove effective or successful:
to practice, exercise, or train, especially in order to become proficient in an athletic sport:
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work over,
to study or examine thoroughly:
Informal. to beat unsparingly, especially in order to obtain something or out of revenge:
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work through, to deal with successfully; come to terms with:
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work up,
to move or stir the feelings; excite.
to prepare; elaborate:
to increase in efficiency or skill:
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work up to, rise to a higher position; advance:
verb (used with object)
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to use or manage (an apparatus, contrivance, etc.):
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to bring about (any result) by or as by work or effort:
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to manipulate or treat by labor:
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to put into effective operation.
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to operate (a mine, farm, etc.) for productive purposes:
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to carry on operations in (a district or region).
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to make, fashion, or execute by work.
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to achieve or win by work or effort:
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to keep (a person, a horse, etc.) at work:
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to cause a strong emotion in:
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to influence or persuade, especially insidiously:
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Informal. to exploit (someone or something) to one's advantage:
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to make or decorate by needlework or embroidery:
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to cause fermentation in.
verb (used without object)
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to do work; labor.
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to be employed, especially as a means of earning one's livelihood:
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to be in operation, as a machine:
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to act or operate effectively:
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to attain a specified condition, as by repeated movement:
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to have an effect or influence, as on a person or on the mind or feelings of a person.
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to move in agitation, as the features under strong emotion.
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to make way with effort or under stress:
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Nautical. to give slightly at the joints, as a vessel under strain at sea.
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Machinery. to move improperly, as from defective fitting of parts or from wear.
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to undergo treatment by labor in a given way:
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to ferment, as a liquid.
Origin of works
before 900; (noun) Middle English worke, Old English worc, replacing Middle English werk(e), Old English weorc, cognate with Old Frisian, Old Saxon werk, Old High German werah, werc (German W
Examples for works
Had you rather witness the sports of the gymnasia than the works of artists?
I doubt if even the poet ever works just what he means on the mind of his fellow.
The works of Dædalus are described by Pausanias as rude and uncomely in aspect.
Comments like that are designed to stoke the fires of fan-passion—and it works beautifully.
The best of his works is the Olympian Zeus, made at Elis after his exile.
Mr. Bachner found it by wandering through the market and identified a craftsmen here who works in a tiny booth.
Mrs. Kouachi works at a nursery and has worn the veil since she made the pilgrimage to Mecca in 2008.
Indeed, although he works here in the old town, he lives in the new part of the city where he walks his dog in the morning.
There are ways in which it works, and ways in which it does not.
Antoine, a 40-year-old DJ who works at the airport, says he fears for his children if the police stop doing their jobs.