English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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Workful (a.)

Full of work; diligent.

Workhouse (n.)

A house where any manufacture is carried on; a workshop.

Workhouse (n.)

A house in which idle and vicious persons are confined to labor.

Workhouse (n.)

A house where the town poor are maintained at public expense, and provided with labor; a poorhouse.

Workhouses (pl. )

of Workhouse

Working (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Work

Working

a & n. from Work.

Working-day (a.)

Pertaining to, or characteristic of, working days, or workdays; everyday; hence, plodding; hard-working.

Workingman (n.)

A laboring man; a man who earns his daily support by manual labor.

Workingmen (pl. )

of Workingman

Workless (a.)

Without work; not laboring; as, many people were still workless.

Workless (a.)

Not carried out in practice; not exemplified in fact; as, workless faith.

Workman (n.)

A man employed in labor, whether in tillage or manufactures; a worker.

Workman (n.)

Hence, especially, a skillful artificer or laborer.

Workmanlike (a.)

Becoming a workman, especially a skillful one; skillful; well performed.

Workmanly (a.)

Becoming a skillful workman; skillful; well performed; workmanlike.

Workmanly (adv.)

In a skillful manner; in a manner becoming a skillful workman.

Workmanship (n.)

The art or skill of a workman; the execution or manner of making anything.

Workmanship (n.)

That which is effected, made, or produced; manufacture, something made by manual labor.

Workmaster (n.)

The performer of any work; a master workman.