work
Noun
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is a type of: activity - any specific behaviorsubtypes:
- lavation, wash, washing - the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
- action - the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field
- job - a damaging piece of work
- job - the performance of a piece of work
- operation, procedure - a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work
- service - work done by one person or group that benefits another
- polishing, shining - the work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it
- heavy lifting - difficult work
- housewifery - the work of a housewife
- housekeeping, housework - the work of cleaning and running a house
- ironing - the work of using heat to smooth washed clothes in order to remove any wrinkles
- busywork, make-work - active work of little value
- logging - the work of cutting down trees for timber
- loose end, unfinished business - work that is left incomplete
- nightwork - work to be done at night
- paperwork - work that involves handling papers: forms or letters or reports etc.
- social service, welfare work - an organized activity to improve the condition of disadvantaged people in society
- labor, labour, toil - productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
- subbing, substituting - working as a substitute for someone who is ill or on leave of absence
- investigating, investigation - the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically
- aid, attention, care, tending - the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
- duty - work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons
- mission, missionary work - the organized work of a religious missionary
- spadework - dull or routine preliminary work preparing for an undertaking
- timework - work paid for at a rate per unit of time
- labor, project, task, undertaking - any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
- coursework - work assigned to and done by a student during a course of study; usually it is evaluated as part of the student's grade in the course
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is a type of: product, production - an artifact that has been created by someone or some processsubtypes:
- follow-up, followup - a piece of work that exploits or builds on earlier work
- handcraft, handicraft, handiwork, handwork - a work produced by hand labor
- ironwork - work made of iron (gratings or rails or railings etc)
- lacework - work consisting of (or resembling) lace fabric
- lacquerware - a decorative work made of wood and covered with lacquer and often inlaid with ivory or precious metals
- leatherwork - work made of leather
- chef-d'oeuvre, masterpiece - the most outstanding work of a creative artist or craftsman
- metalwork - the metal parts of something
- openwork - ornamental work (such as embroidery or latticework) having a pattern of openings
- polychrome - a piece of work composed of or decorated in many colors
- silverwork - decorative work made of silver
- caning, wicker, wickerwork - work made of interlaced slender branches (especially willow branches)
- woodwork - work made of wood; especially moldings or stairways or furniture
- work in progress - a piece of work that is not yet finished
- workpiece - work consisting of a piece of metal being machined
- publication - a copy of a printed work offered for distribution
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is a type of: business, job, line, line of work, occupation - the principal activity in your life that you do to earn moneysubtypes:
- coaching, coaching job - the job of a professional coach
- booking, engagement - employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time
- ministry - the work of a minister of religion
- navigation, sailing, seafaring - the work of a sailor
- work load, workload - work that a person is expected to do in a specified time
- piecework - work paid for according to the quantity produced
- service - employment in or work for another
- telecommuting, teleworking - employment at home while communicating with the workplace by phone or fax or modem
- services - performance of duties or provision of space and equipment helpful to others
- public service - employment within a government system (especially in the civil service)
- paper route - the job of delivering newspapers regularly
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is a type of: acquisition, learning - the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledgesame as: study
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referred to in: natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactionsis a type of: energy, free energy - (physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs
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is a type of: geographic point, geographical point - a point on the surface of the Earthsubtypes:
- bakehouse, bakery, bakeshop - a workplace where baked goods (breads and cakes and pastries) are produced or sold
- beehive - any workplace where people are very busy
- brokerage, brokerage house - place where a broker conducts his business
- central, exchange, telephone exchange - a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication
- colliery, pit - a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it
- creamery - a workplace where dairy products (butter and cheese etc.) are produced or sold
- drill site - workplace that is the site of a drill hole
- exchange - a workplace for buying and selling; open only to members
- farm - workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unit
- fishery, piscary - a workplace where fish are caught and processed and sold
- fish farm - a workplace (usually a pond) where fish are raised for food
- forge, smithy - a workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering
- gasworks - the workplace where coal gas is manufactured
- glassworks - a workplace where glass is made
- ironworks - the workplace where iron is smelted or where iron goods are made
- job - a workplace; as in the expression `on the job'
- lab, laboratory, research lab, research laboratory, science lab, science laboratory - a workplace for the conduct of scientific research
- laundry - workplace where clothes are washed and ironed
- location - a workplace away from a studio at which some or all of a movie may be made
- lumberyard - a workplace where lumber is stocked for sale
- oyster bank, oyster bed, oyster park - a workplace where oysters are bred and grown
- proving ground - a workplace for testing new equipment or ideas
- rope yard, ropewalk - workplace consisting of a long narrow path or shed where rope is made
- roundhouse - workplace consisting of a circular building for repairing locomotives
- shipyard - a workplace where ships are built or repaired
- shop floor - workplace consisting of the part of a factory housing the machines
- studio - workplace for the teaching or practice of an art
- studio - workplace consisting of a room or building where movies or television shows or radio programs are produced and recorded
- tannery - workplace where skins and hides are tanned
- test bed - a place equipped with instruments for testing (e.g. engines or machinery or computer programs etc.) under working conditions
- waterworks - workplace where water is stored and purified and distributed for a community
- shop, workshop - small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done
has: locker room - a room (as at an athletic facility or workplace) where you can change clothes and which contains lockers for the temporary storage of your clothing and personal possessionssame as: workplace -
is a type of: end product, output - final product; the things producedsubtypes: writing - (usually plural) the collected work of an authorsame as: body of work, oeuvre
Verb
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subtypes:
- go through, run through, work through - apply thoroughly; think through
- mess around, monkey, monkey around, muck about, muck around, potter, putter, tinker - do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly
- carpenter - work as a carpenter
- clerk - work as a clerk, as in the legal business
- page - work as a page
- wait, waitress - serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant
- pull one's weight - do one's share in a common task
- electioneer - work actively for a political candidate or a party
- assist - act as an assistant in a subordinate or supportive function
- beaver, beaver away - work hard on something
- work at, work on - to exert effort in order to do, make, or perform something
- keep one's nose to the grindstone, keep one's shoulder to the wheel, peg away, plug away, slog - work doggedly or persistently
- busy, occupy - keep busy with
- collaborate, cooperate, get together, join forces - work together on a common enterprise of project
- volunteer - do volunteer work
- specialise, specialize - devote oneself to a special area of work
- minister - work as a minister
- intern - work as an intern
- skipper - work as the skipper on a vessel
- boondoggle - do useless, wasteful, or trivial work
- scant, skimp - work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially
- whore - work as a prostitute
- serve - devote (part of) one's life or efforts to, as of countries, institutions, or ideas
- work - operate in a certain place, area, or specialty
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subtypes:
- serve - do duty or hold offices; serve in a specific function
- bank - be in the banking business
- fill, occupy, take - assume, as of positions or roles
- drive - work as a driver
- tinker - work as a tinker or tinkerer
- serve - do military service
- blackleg, fink, rat, scab - take the place of work of someone on strike
- dig, drudge, fag, grind, labor, labour, moil, toil, travail - work hard
- farm - be a farmer; work as a farmer
- moonlight - work a second job, usually after hours
- job - work occasionally
- man - take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place
- break one's back, buckle down, knuckle down, slave - work very hard, like a slave
- subcontract - work under a subcontract; engage in a subcontract
- turn a trick - have a customer, of a prostitute
- freelance - work independently and on temporary contracts rather than for a long-term employer
same as: do workverb group:- put to work, work - cause to work
- work - exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
- work - operate in a certain place, area, or specialty
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is a type of: bring home the bacon, come through, deliver the goods, succeed, win - attain success or reach a desired goalsame as: act
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is a type of: transform, transmute, transubstantiate - change or alter in form, appearance, or naturesubtypes:
- hot-work - roll, press, forge, or shape (metal) while hot
- cold work, coldwork - shape (metal) without heat
- overwork - use too much
- make over, retread, rework - use again in altered form
- rack - work on a rack
- tool - work with a tool
- till - work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation
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is a type of: put to work, work - cause to worksubtypes: warm up - cause to do preliminary exercises so as to stretch the muscles
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is a type of: pass - go across or throughsubtypes:same as: makeverb group: work - proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity
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is a type of: work - exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
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is a type of: apply, employ, use, utilise, utilize - put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purposesubtypes:
- exercise, work, work out - give a workout to
- warm up - cause to do preliminary exercises so as to stretch the muscles
- computerise, computerize, cybernate - control a function, process, or creation by a computer
- rack - put on a rack and pinion
- exploit, overwork - work excessively hard
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referred to in: agriculture, farming, husbandry - the practice of cultivating the land or raising stockis a type of: fix, gear up, prepare, ready, set, set up - make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etcsubtypes: overcrop, overcultivate - to exhaust by excessive cultivation
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is a type of: be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
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subtypes:
- prejudice, prepossess - influence (somebody's) opinion in advance
- form, imprint - establish or impress firmly in the mind
- militate - have force or influence; bring about an effect or change
- manipulate, pull strings, pull wires - influence or control shrewdly or deviously
- color, colour - modify or bias
- swing, swing over - influence decisively
- blackjack, blackmail, pressure - exert pressure on someone through threats
- carry, persuade, sway - win approval or support for
- get at - influence by corruption
- fix - influence an event or its outcome by illegal means
- dominate - be in control
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verb group: work - operate in or through
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is a type of: becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, fascinate, trance - attract; cause to be enamoredverb group: work - provoke or excite
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is a type of: create from raw material, create from raw stuff - make from scratchsubtypes:
- carve - form by carving
- swage, upset - form metals with a swage
- chip - form by chipping
- layer - make or form a layer
- cut out - form and create by cutting out
- machine - turn, shape, mold, or otherwise finish by machinery
- grind - shape or form by grinding
- stamp - form or cut out with a mold, form, or die
- puddle - subject to puddling or form by puddling
- beat - shape by beating
- preform - form or shape beforehand or determine the shape of beforehand
- preform - form into a shape resembling the final, desired one
- mound - form into a rounded elevation
- hill - form into a hill
- roughcast - shape roughly
- remold, reshape - shape again or shape differently
- sinter - cause (ores or powdery metals) to become a coherent mass by heating without melting
- cast, mold, mould - form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold
- throw - make on a potter's wheel
- coil, hand-build, handbuild - make without a potter's wheel
- sculpt, sculpture - create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material
- model, mold, mould - form in clay, wax, etc
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is a type of: displace, move - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sensesubtypes: stir - mix or add by stirring
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is a type of: manipulate - hold something in one's hands and move itsame as: knead
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is a type of: apply, employ, use, utilise, utilize - put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purposesubtypes:same as: exploitverb group: work - provoke or excite
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entail: reason - think logicallyis a type of: understand - know and comprehend the nature or meaning ofsubtypes:
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is a type of: convert - change the nature, purpose, or function of somethingsubtypes: vinify - convert a juice into wine by fermentationsame as: ferment
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is a type of: change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
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