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Work
(n.)
To act or operate on the stomach and bowels, as a cathartic.
Work
(v. t.)
To labor or operate upon; to give exertion and effort to;
to prepare for use, or to utilize, by labor.
Work
(v. t.)
To produce or form by labor; to bring forth by exertion or
toil; to accomplish; to originate; to effect; as, to work wood or iron
into a form desired, or into a utensil; to work cotton or wool into
cloth.
Work
(v. t.)
To produce by slow degrees, or as if laboriously; to bring
gradually into any state by action or motion.
Work
(v. t.)
To influence by acting upon; to prevail upon; to manage;
to lead.
Work
(v. t.)
To form with a needle and thread or yarn; especially, to
embroider; as, to work muslin.
Work
(v. t.)
To set in motion or action; to direct the action of; to
keep at work; to govern; to manage; as, to work a machine.
Work
(v. t.)
To cause to ferment, as liquor.
Workable
(a.)
Capable of being worked, or worth working; as, a workable
mine; workable clay.
Workaday
(n.)
See Workyday.
Workbag
(n.)
A bag for holding implements or materials for work;
especially, a reticule, or bag for holding needlework, and the like.
Workbasket
(n.)
A basket for holding materials for needlework, or the
like.
Workbench
(n.)
A bench on which work is performed, as in a carpenter's
shop.
Workbox
(n.)
A box for holding instruments or materials for work.
Workday
(n. & a.)
A day on which work is performed, as distinguished
from Sunday, festivals, etc., a working day.
Worked
(imp. & p. p.)
of Work
Worker
(n.)
One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as,
a worker in brass.
Worker
(n.)
One of the neuter, or sterile, individuals of the social
ants, bees, and white ants. The workers are generally females having
the sexual organs imperfectly developed. See Ant, and White ant, under
White.
Workfellow
(n.)
One engaged in the same work with another; a companion
in work.
Workfolk
(n.)
People that labor.